Publication Date
10-2011
Abstract
The current study examined relationships between eudaimonic dimensions of individual conceptions of well-being (e.g., self-development, contribution), meaning in life, and self-reported well-being, and whether meaning in life mediates associations between eudaimonic conception dimensions and well-being. A sample of 275 adult volunteers completed several instruments assessing the above constructs. Results from structural equation modeling (SEM) indicated that eudaimonic conception dimensions were positively associated with both meaning in life and well-being. Further, the relationship between eudaimonic conception dimensions and self-reported well-being was found to be partially mediated by meaning in life. The findings of the current study thus suggest that the experience of meaning in life is one route through which eudaimonic conception of well-being dimensions are associated with self-reported well-being.
Publisher
Elsevier
Type (DCMI Terms)
Text
Type
Article
Department
Psychological Sciences
Journal
Personality and Individual Differences
Volume Number
51
Issue Number
5
First Page Number
589
Last Page Number
594
DOI
10.1016/j.paid.2011.05.020
Recommended Citation
McMahan, E. A., & Renken, M. D. (2011). Eudaimonic Conceptions of Well-being, Meaning in Life, and Self-Reported Well-Being: Initial Test of a Mediational Model. Personality and Individual Differences, 51 (5). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2011.05.020
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Comments
This is the author's peer-reviewed accepted manuscript. The version of record is copyrighted by Elsevier and can be found at: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/personality-and-individual-differences.