In:
Psychological Reports, SAGE Publications, Vol. 66, No. 1 ( 1990-02), p. 307-312
Abstract:
Meaning, purpose and major goals in people's lives have been purported to relate to well-being and health. To begin study of the relations among these variables, a group of 115 college students was divided into subgroups scoring high and low on general well-being, and differences in their life-goal orientation were estimated using the Life Esteem Survey questionnaire. Three life-goal components were significantly different for the subgroups: recognition of a framework of purpose, perspective of progress, and commitment to a framework. A fourth component, quality of life goals, was not significantly different. A comprehensive set of 22 possible life goals significantly discriminated among the subgroups; however, on only one, excitement, were differences significant. The only significant interaction between sex and well-being also held for the value placed on the goal of excitement. A tendency was shown for the value placed on more hedonistically oriented goals to differentiate the subgroups with the group on low well-being higher on the hedonistically oriented goals.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0033-2941
,
1558-691X
DOI:
10.2466/pr0.1990.66.1.307
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
1990
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2066930-6
SSG:
5,2
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