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1 online resource (xvi, 221 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Summary |
With this work, the editors present a forum for an array of international viewpoints and recent research that address the notion of optimal human growth. |
| Contents |
Philosophical foundations of existential meaning / Gary M. Kenyon -- Meaning as movement : the relativity of the mind / Hubert J.M. Hermans -- Theoretical perspective, dimensions, and measurement of existential meaning / Gary T. Reker -- Structural components of personal meaning in life and their relationship with death attitudes and coping mechanisms in late adulthood / Nancy Van Ranst and Alfons Marcoen -- Dimensions and discourses of meaning in life : approaching meaning from qualitative perspectives / Kay O'Connor and Kerry Chamberlain -- An inquiry into existential meaning : theoretical, clinical, and phenomenal perspectives / Dominique L. Debats -- The personal meaning system in a life-span perspective / Freya Dittmann-Kohli and Gerben J. Westerhof -- The development of a culturally sensitive measure of sources of life meaning / Edward Prager, Rivka Savaya, and Liora Bar-Tur -- Finding meaning in caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease : African American and white caregivers' perspectives / Carol J. Farran, Karen Lowe Graham, and Dimitra Loukissa -- Making meaning within the experience of life-threatening illness / Doris D. Coward -- Religion and meaning in late life / Susan H. McFadden -- Logotherapeutic and "depth psychology" approaches to meaning and psychotherapy / David Guttmann -- Existential meaning : reflections and directions / Gary T. Reker and Kerry Chamberlain. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Life.
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Life. |
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Meaning (Philosophy)
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Meaning (Philosophy) |
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Meaning (Psychology)
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Meaning (Psychology) |
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Existentialism.
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Existentialism. |
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Life change events.
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Life change events. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Reker, Gary T.
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Chamberlain, Kerry.
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| Other Form: |
Print version 9780761909941 |
| ISBN |
9781452263663 (electronic book) |
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1452263663 (electronic book) |
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9780761909941 (alkaline paper) |
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076190994X (alkaline paper) |
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9781452233703 (ebook) |
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1452233705 (ebook) |
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0761909931 (alkaline paper) |
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076190994X (alkaline paper) |
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9780761909934 |
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