Eudaimonic Conceptions of Well-being, Meaning in Life, and Self-Reported Well-Being: Initial Test of a Mediational Model

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Title: Eudaimonic Conceptions of Well-being, Meaning in Life, and Self-Reported Well-Being: Initial Test of a Mediational Model
Identifier: fac_pubs/33
Date: 10/1/2011
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
Language: eng
Type: Text
department or school name within institution: Psychological Sciences
Source: Personality and Individual Differences
volume: 51
issue: 5
page start: 589
page end: 594
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.
Creator: Ethan A McMahan; Maggie D Renken
Subject: well-being; eudaimonia; beliefs; meaning in life; happiness; mediation