A relationship that makes life worth-living: levels of value orientation explain differences in meaning and life satisfaction.

Anastasia Besika, Jonathan W Schooler, Bas Verplanken, Alissa J Mrazek, Elliott D Ihm

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Article in Heliyon, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Effects of postural intervention using a risshin chair on physical posture, class time perception, and subjective well-being in junior high school students.The British journal of educational psychology · 2026
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Personal Values and Psychological Well-Being Among Emerging Adults: The Mediating Role of Meaning in Life.Brain sciences · 2025
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Factorial Invariance of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) in Mexican and Colombian University Students.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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Social entrepreneurial intention among working adults: An emerging country context.Frontiers in psychology · 2023
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An everlasting love: The relationship of happiness and meaning.Frontiers in psychology · 2023
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A within-study cross-validation of the values-as-ideals measure: levels of value orientation explain variability in well-being.Heliyon · 2022
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Anastasia BesikaDevelopmental Psychology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Jonathan W SchoolerPsychological and Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.

Bas VerplankenDepartment of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom.

Alissa J MrazekDepartment of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, USA.

Elliott D IhmPsychological and Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

When people talk about their values they refer to what is meaningful to them. Although meaning is associated with life satisfaction, previous studies report inconsistent results regarding the association of values and well-being. A cross-sectional study (

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Latent profile analysisLatent value profilesMeaning in lifeSatisfaction with lifeSources of meaningWell-being

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PMID35146155

DOI10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e08802

PMCPMC8802095

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