Individual differences in meaning-making: Considering the variety of sources of meaning, their density and diversity

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 667-673

  Schnell, Tatjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Density; Diversity; Generativity; Meaning in life; Meaningfulness; Selftranscendence; SoMe; Sources of meaning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960417404     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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