Destiny is in the details: Action identification in the construction and destruction of meaning

The Experience of Meaning in Life: Classical Perspectives, Emerging Themes, and Controversies

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 103-115

  Michaels, Jay L ^a   Parkin, Steven S ^b   Vallacher, Robin R ^b  

^a PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6527-6_8     Document Type: Chapter

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