Proceedings of the Meaning in Life International Conference 2022 - Cultivating, Promoting, and Enhancing Meaning in Life Across Cultures and Life Span (MIL 2022).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chan, Alex Chi-keung.

Contributor:

Steger, Michael F.

Chui, Raymond Chi-Fai.

Siu, Nicolson Yat-Fan. HKUST.

Wong Ip, Susanna Chung Ping.

Lam, Bess Yin-Hung.

Chan, Alex Chi-keung.

Series:

Atlantis Highlights in Social Sciences, Education and Humanities

Atlantis Highlights in Social Sciences, Education and Humanities ; v.7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational psychology--Congresses.

Educational psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Proceedings of the Meaning in Life International Conference 2022 - Cultivating, Promoting, and Enhancing Meaning in Life Across Cultures and Life Span

Place of Publication:

2023.

Dordrecht : Atlantis Press (Zeger Karssen), 2023.

Summary:

This is an open access book. Meaning in Life (MIL) International Conference 2022, "Cultivating, Promoting, and Enhancing Meaning in Life Across Cultures and Life Span" will be held 0n 22-25 June 2022, Onsite & Live Online, at The Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong Kong, China. The concept of meaning in life (MIL) has recently earned a renaissance of interest. Although MIL has always been framed as significant for human survival, it has simultaneously been portrayed as chronically lacking in people's lives. Furthermore, though MIL has been seen as a universal need, it is also highly idiosyncratic. These paradoxes of MIL being a basic necessity but also a rare commodity, and as being universal yet idiosyncratic, have driven the quest for meaning throughout history and across disciplines. The COVID-19 pandemic has not only been changing and impacting the ways we live, but also initiates us to quest more about what still makes life meaningful in this chaotic, challenging, and uncertain world? The increasing quest for MIL provides the driver for meaning-enhancing interventions and meaning-centered practices, but the efficacy of these interventions is influenced by cultural and developmental moderators. Thus, the MIL International Conference 2022 will focus on the theme of cultivating, promoting, and enhancing meaning in life across cultures and life span, and welcomes paper presentations that share and discuss empirical-based and evidence-based MIL research, practice, and applications.

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Organization

Contents

Peer-Review Statements

1 Review Procedure

2 Quality Criteria

3 Key Metrics

4 Competing Interests

MIL 2022 Keynote Speakers

Making Meaning in Life: A Thematic Review of Successful Experimental Psychological and Psychotherapeutic Interventions

1 An Ocean of Meaning Research

1.1 Psychotherapeutic Modalities

2 Reviewing Existing Causality-Informing Work

3 Focal Points and Themes of Meaning in Life Interventions

3.1 Recent Articles on Meaning-Focused Psychotherapies

3.2 Recent Articles Using Psychological Experiments

4 Integrating Psychotherapy and Experimental Psychology Interventions on Meaning in Life

4.1 Eight Focal Points of Meaning Interventions

4.2 Five Themes for Meaning Making

5 Conclusion

References

Meaning in Life Across Cultures and Times: An Evidence-Based Overview

1 Introduction

2 Method: Ten Systematic Questions, Ten Systematic Empirical Answers

3 Findings

3.1 Ontological and Epistemological Status

3.2 Types of Meaning

3.3 Approach to Meaning

3.4 Relationship Between Individual and Society

3.5 Development Over Time

3.6 Individual History of Meaning

3.7 Sense of Freedom

3.8 Existential Impact

3.9 Psychological and Daily-Life Impact

4 Discussion

Leveraging the Experience Sampling Method to Study Meaning in Everyday Life

1 Trait Reports of Meaning in Life

2 The Experience Sampling Method for Studying Meaning in Life

3 Capturing Variations in Meaning in Life Within Person

4 What Predicts Meaning in Life Within Person?

5 Accounting for Dynamic Meaning Processes

6 Building on Daily Diary Studies of Meaning in Life

7 What are We Studying When We Measure Momentary Meaning in Life?

8 Future Research Directions

References.

Finding Meaning in the Unexpected: Underexplored Pathways to Discovering and Cultivating Meaning in Life

1 Listening to the Call of Meaning: Mindfulness

2 Listening to the Call of Meaning: Synchronicity Experiences

3 Conclusion with an Eye to the Future

Meaning in Life Across Cultures

The Role of Meaning in Life During the COVID-19 Pandemic on Young Adults' Future Perspectives in Italy and Portugal

2 Method

2.1 Procedure and Participants

2.2 Instruments

3 Results

3.1 Preliminary Analysis

3.2 Cross-Country Comparison of Youths' Future Perspectives After COVID-19 and Meaning in Life

Satisfaction with Life and Career Indecision in Italian University Students: The Mediating Role of Presence of Meaning in Life

1.1 Career Indecision

1.2 Meaning in Life

1.3 Life Satisfaction

1.4 The Present Study

2 Methods

2.1 Sample Size Determination

2.2 Procedure

2.3 Participants

2.4 Measure

2.5 Data Analyses

3.1 First Hypothesis

3.2 Second Hypothesis

4 Discussions

Between Career and Motherhood: Understanding Female Academics' Pursuit of Success with Hofstede's "Masculinity/Femininity" Dimension

1 The Stress for Success and Stress of Success in Academia

2 Purpose of the Study

3 Research Method

4 Research Findings and Discussion

4.1 Gender Segregation of Academics at a University in Hong Kong

4.2 Interviews with Three Female Academics

Relationship Between Four Needs of Meaning and Smartphone Usage

1.1 Meaning in Life (MIL)

1.2 Perceived Smartphone Usage

1.3 Present Study

2.1 Participants

2.2 Measures

Meaning in Life Across Lifespan.

The Association Between Stress Exposure, Traumatic Stress and Post-traumatic Growth Among Hong Kong Young Adults Under the "Double-Hit" of Social Unrest and COVID-19

1.1 The Double-Hit by Social Movement and COVID-19 in Hong Kong

1.2 Hong Kong Young Adults Under the 'Double-Hit'

1.3 Post-traumatic Growth

2 Material and Methods

2.1 Sample

2.3 Procedure

2.4 Statistical Analysis

3.1 Sample

3.2 Proportion of Probable Traumatic Stress and Post-traumatic Growth

3.3 Association Between Probable Traumatic Stress, Post-traumatic Growth Category and Perceived Impacts

5 Conclusions

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Using Path Analysis to Investigate Predictors of Problematic Internet Use Among Hong Kong Adolescents

2 Definition of Problematic Internet Use

2.1 Problematic Internet Use and Adolescent-Parent Attachment

2.2 Problematic Internet Use and Adolescent Meaning in Life

2.3 Relationships Among Problematic Internet Use, Adolescent Meaning in Life and Adolescent-Parent Attachment

2.4 Adolescent Problematic Internet Use Related to Mental Health

3 The Present Study

3.1 Hypotheses

3.2 Hypothesized Model

4 Method

4.1 Participants

4.2 Instruments

4.3 Procedure

5 Results

5.1 Correlations of Problematic Internet Use Behaviours

5.2 Multivariate Predictors of Problematic Internet Use

6 Discussion

6.1 The Importance of Adolescent-Father Attachment in Problematic Internet Use

6.2 The Importance of Meaning in Life for Problematic Internet Use

6.3 The Path Analysis Model and Problematic Internet Use

7 Limitations and Future Research

7.1 Recommendations for Prevention and Treatment

8 Conclusions

Does Music Matter? The Role of Music Listening and Meaning in Life in Reducing Stress of Hong Kong People

2.2 Measurements

3.1 Correlation Among Variables

3.2 Testing the Mediating Effects of Meaning in Life

Awareness of Meaning: The Mechanism Between Future Orientation and Prosocial Tendency

2 Literature Review

2.1 Prosocial Tendency

2.2 Future Orientation and Prosocial Tendency

2.3 Meaning in Life

2.4 Meaning in Life and Future Orientation

2.5 Meaning in Life and Prosocial Tendency

4.2 Materials

4.3 Procedures

5.1 Correlation Analysis

5.2 Meaning in Life as Mediator

5.3 Presence of Meaning and Search for Meaning as Mediators

6 Discussion and Conclusion

Meaning in Life, Religion, and Transcendence

Comparative Analyses of Theosis, Theory of the True Self and Search for Meaning in Life: Diverse Approaches to Self-transcendence

2 ST (Self-transcendence)

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Manifestations and Classification of ST Experience

2.3 Thirty-Four Alternatives of Transcendence

2.4 Empirical Studies of ST

3 Theosis

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Three Types of Definition

3.3 Historical Overview from 8th to 20th Century

3.4 Contemporary Stage of Theory

3.5 Theosis as a Phenomenon

3.6 Sacramental Approach to ST

3.7 Theosis in the West

3.8 How the Concept of Theosis is Linked to Positive Psychology

3.9 Theosis as a Worldview

3.10 Theosis in Modernity

3.11 Conclusions

4 True Self

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Thomas Merton

4.3 Definition of the True Self

4.4 Process of the Transformation to the True Self

4.5 Contemplation.

4.6 Contemplation as a Way to the True Self

4.7 True Self and Theosis

4.8 Relevance of the True Self for the Modern People

4.9 Conclusions

5 MIL in Positive Psychology

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Meaning in Life (MIL)

5.3 Sources of Meaning

5.4 Hierarchic Model of Meaning

5.5 Significance of MIL

5.6 Conclusions

6 Comparison of Spiritual and Psychological Approaches to ST

6.1 Common Studies

6.2 Meaning-Making and Theosis

6.3 Suggestions for the Future Research

7 Conclusions

Christian Faith Enhances Meaning in Life

1.1 What is the Meaning in Life in this Study?

1.2 Personal Meaning is Closely Related to Goals

1.3 The Effect of Spirituality on Life Meaning

1.4 The Formulation of the Hypothesis

1.5 Previous Studies on Goal Conflict/Coherence and Meaning in Life

The Mediating Role of Prosocial Behavior and Meaning in Life in the Relationship Between Religiosity and Attitude Towards People with Intellectual Disability (ID) of Hong Kong Young Adults

2 Research Design and Procedure

3 Measurement

3.1 Religiosity

3.2 Prosocial Behavior

3.3 Meaning in Life

3.4 Attitude Towards People with Intellectual Disability

4 Results

5 Discussion and Conclusion

Elderly Facing Death During the Pandemic: The Ethical Dilemma of Hong Kong Christians

1 Pandemics, Dying and Medical Treatment of the Hong Kong

2 The Study of "Good Death"

2.1 Abraham's Story

2.2 Job's Story

2.3 Elijah's Story

2.4 The "Good Death" in Hong Kong Hospitals

3 The "Good Death" Teaching from Jesus

3.1 Lazarus' Story

3.2 Another Lazarus and His Family

3.3 Jesus Arranged for His Disciples to Take Care of His Mother Before He Died

3.4 Jesus' Own Death

4 Summary.

References.

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ISBN:

94-6463-096-5

OCLC:

1369646913