Url
	https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/1167
Title
	Eudaimonic Conceptions of Well-being, Meaning in Life, and Self-Reported Well-Being: Initial Test of a Mediational Model
Creator
	Ethan A McMahan
	Maggie D Renken
Subject
	well-being
	eudaimonia
	beliefs
	meaning in life
	happiness
	mediation
Publisher
	Elsevier
Date
	10/1/2011
Type
	Text
Identifier
	fac_pubs/33
Source
	Personality and Individual Differences
Language
	eng
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.
Issue
	5
Page end
	594
Page start
	589
Volume
	51
Department or school name within institution
	Psychological Sciences
Note
	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.

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