ArticlePersonal Relationships2022
Correlated Change in Sense of Purpose and Romantic Relationship Quality.
Article in Personal Relationships, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Causal Effect of Psychopathy on Partner Well-Being: A National Longitudinal Study.Journal of personality · 2026Article
- Sense of purpose fluctuations in daily life: A study of young adults and cognitively diverse older adults.Developmental psychology · 2026Article
- Investigating the trivariate reciprocal longitudinal relationships between purpose, loneliness, and cognitive function.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025Article
- A scoping review and synthesis of the literature on the relation between mobility impairment and cognitive impairment.Disability and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Daily relationship satisfaction and markers of health: Findings from a smartphone-based assessment.Applied psychology. Health and well-being · 2025Article
- Personality, purpose, and wellbeing: a comparison of Iranian and U.S. telecommuters during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- A review of the literature on wellbeing and modifiable dementia risk factors.Ageing research reviews · 2024Review
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Abstract
Sense of purpose, or feeling that that one has personally meaningful goals and directions guiding them through life, consistently predicts a variety of desirable well-being, health, and social outcomes. However, work has been limited with respect to evaluating it as a predictor and promoter of romantic relationships, or how purpose may develop in these contexts. For instance, healthy romantic relationships could also help individuals develop and maintain a higher sense of purpose. With cross-sectional evidence finding positive associations between sense of purpose and romantic relationship commitment and satisfaction, the current study expanded on past work by using longitudinal data with three months between two measurement occasions (Time 1:
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