To Belong Is to Matter: Sense of Belonging Enhances Meaning in Life

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1418-1427

  Lambert, Nathaniel M ^a   Stillman, Tyler F ^b   Hicks, Joshua A ^c   Kamble, Shanmukh ^d   Baumeister, Roy F ^e   Fincham, Frank D ^e  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attribution; emotion in relationships; forgiveness; group processes; religion; self categorization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTION; EMOTION IN RELATIONSHIPS; FEMALE; FORGIVENESS; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE; MALE; PERCEPTION; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-CATEGORIZATION;

ATTRIBUTION; EMOTION IN RELATIONSHIPS; FORGIVENESS; GROUP PROCESSES; RELIGION; SELF-CATEGORIZATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84885614285     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167213499186     Document Type: Article

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