An underexplored pathway to life satisfaction: The development and validation of the synchronicity awareness and meaning-detecting scale
IntroductionSynchronicity refers to the psychological process of meaningful coincidences. The present study aimed to build and expand upon a model of synchronicity awareness and meaning-detecting (REM)—receptiveness (R) as a precondition for an exceptional encounter (E) triggering emotions and meani...
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| description | IntroductionSynchronicity refers to the psychological process of meaningful coincidences. The present study aimed to build and expand upon a model of synchronicity awareness and meaning-detecting (REM)—receptiveness (R) as a precondition for an exceptional encounter (E) triggering emotions and meaning-detecting (M)—by assessing the prevalence of the phenomenon and its associations with well-being.Methods and ResultsResults from two studies reported here employing adult community samples (N = 198 and N = 440) demonstrate coherent, replicable structure and good internal reliability for a 35-item, two-factor Synchronicity Awareness and Meaning-Detecting (SAMD) Scale. Synchronicity awareness (SA) and meaning-detecting (MD) scores were significantly associated with some of the Big-5 personality dimensions and tolerance for ambiguity, as well as with search for and presence of meaning. Furthermore, process mediation models showed: (a) synchronicity awareness mediated the relationship between search for meaning and meaning-detecting, and (b) optimism and presence of meaning in life partly mediated the relationship between meaning-detecting and life satisfaction.DiscussionThe findings suggest the importance of synchronicity experiences and hold important conceptual and practical implications for understanding processes of meaning making from unexpected events and their potential contribution to individuals’ well-being. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cfd0a1bf718d4c25bbe36f079bf0cf7c2023-01-16T05:06:39ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-01-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.10532961053296An underexplored pathway to life satisfaction: The development and validation of the synchronicity awareness and meaning-detecting scalePninit Russo-Netzer0Tamar Icekson1Department of Advanced Studies, Achva Academic College, Aurugot, IsraelDepartment of Counseling and Human Development, University of Haifa, Haifa, IsraelIntroductionSynchronicity refers to the psychological process of meaningful coincidences. The present study aimed to build and expand upon a model of synchronicity awareness and meaning-detecting (REM)—receptiveness (R) as a precondition for an exceptional encounter (E) triggering emotions and meaning-detecting (M)—by assessing the prevalence of the phenomenon and its associations with well-being.Methods and ResultsResults from two studies reported here employing adult community samples (N = 198 and N = 440) demonstrate coherent, replicable structure and good internal reliability for a 35-item, two-factor Synchronicity Awareness and Meaning-Detecting (SAMD) Scale. Synchronicity awareness (SA) and meaning-detecting (MD) scores were significantly associated with some of the Big-5 personality dimensions and tolerance for ambiguity, as well as with search for and presence of meaning. Furthermore, process mediation models showed: (a) synchronicity awareness mediated the relationship between search for meaning and meaning-detecting, and (b) optimism and presence of meaning in life partly mediated the relationship between meaning-detecting and life satisfaction.DiscussionThe findings suggest the importance of synchronicity experiences and hold important conceptual and practical implications for understanding processes of meaning making from unexpected events and their potential contribution to individuals’ well-being.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1053296/fullsynchronicity experiencessynchronicity awareness and meaning-detecting scalesearch for meaningpresence of meaningindividual differenceslife satisfaction |
| spellingShingle | Pninit Russo-Netzer Tamar Icekson An underexplored pathway to life satisfaction: The development and validation of the synchronicity awareness and meaning-detecting scale Frontiers in Psychology synchronicity experiences synchronicity awareness and meaning-detecting scale search for meaning presence of meaning individual differences life satisfaction |
| title | An underexplored pathway to life satisfaction: The development and validation of the synchronicity awareness and meaning-detecting scale |
| title_full | An underexplored pathway to life satisfaction: The development and validation of the synchronicity awareness and meaning-detecting scale |
| title_fullStr | An underexplored pathway to life satisfaction: The development and validation of the synchronicity awareness and meaning-detecting scale |
| title_full_unstemmed | An underexplored pathway to life satisfaction: The development and validation of the synchronicity awareness and meaning-detecting scale |
| title_short | An underexplored pathway to life satisfaction: The development and validation of the synchronicity awareness and meaning-detecting scale |
| title_sort | underexplored pathway to life satisfaction the development and validation of the synchronicity awareness and meaning detecting scale |
| topic | synchronicity experiences synchronicity awareness and meaning-detecting scale search for meaning presence of meaning individual differences life satisfaction |
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