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ArticleDevelopmental psychology2026

Sense of purpose fluctuations in daily life: A study of young adults and cognitively diverse older adults.

Gabrielle N Pfund, Emily C Willroth, Tammy English

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Article in Developmental psychology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Gabrielle N PfundDepartment of Human Development and Family Science, Auburn University.ORCID 0000-0003-2928-752X
Emily C WillrothDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis.
Tammy EnglishDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis.

Funding

Research Education ComponentP30AG066444 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Susan Lynn Stark · 2020 to 2026
$28.7M
Mild Cognitive Impairment and Emotion Regulation in Naturalistic ContextsR21AG062841 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI ENGLISH, TAMMY · 2019 to 2020
$432k
National Institutes of Health; National Institute on AgingNIA NIH HHS P30 AG066444NIA NIH HHS R21 AG062841
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current work uses ecological momentary assessment data in an age and cognitively diverse group of adults to explore if, when, and why individuals feel purposeful in daily life. Seven times per day for 9 days, young adults (age:

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Activities of Daily LivingAgingCognitive DysfunctionAgedAged, 80 and overCognitionEcological Momentary AssessmentFemaleHumansMaleSocial GroupYoung Adult

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PMID41213549
PMCPMC12614507

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