Steger, Michael

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• Meaning in life across the life span: Levels and correlates of meaning in life from emerging adulthood to older adulthood.
  Positive Psychology
  Steger, Michael, Oishi, Shigehiro, Kashdan, Todd

  Meaning in life is thought to be important to well-being throughout the human life span....

• The mind's eye: A photographic method for understanding meaning in people's lives
  Meaning
  Steger, Michael, Shim, Yerin, Rush, Brenna, Brueske, Libby, Shin, Joo Yeon, Merriman, Leslie

  Although research relying on self-report inventories has built an increased appreciation of the importance of meaning in life such research has strayed so...

• Thanks? Gratitude and well-being over the Thanksgiving holiday among college students
  Positive Psychology
  Allan, Blake, Steger, Michael, Shin, Joo Yeon

  This study examined the interaction of the Thanksgiving holiday with gratitude in relation to well-being using a three-week long daily diary design with a...

• The unbearable lightness of meaning: Well-being and unstable meaning in life
  Well-Being
  Steger, Michael, Kashdan, Todd

  Psychological theories prioritize developing enduring sources of meaning in life. As such unstable meaning should be detrimental to well-being....

• The three meanings of meaning in life: Distinguishing coherence, purpose, and significance
  Meaning
  Martela, Frank, Steger, Michael

  Despite growing interest in meaning in life, many have voiced their concern over the conceptual refinement of the construct itself....