Role-Identity Salience, Purpose and Meaning in Life, and Well-Being among Volunteers
Abstract
Theoretically, the more important a role-identity is to a person, the more it should provide a sense of purpose and meaning in life. Believing one’s life to be purposeful and meaningful should yield greater mental and physical well-being. These hypotheses are tested with respect to the volunteer role, specifically, Mended Hearts visitor, in which former heart patients visit current heart patients and their families in the hospital. Analyses of...
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Title
Role-Identity Salience, Purpose and Meaning in Life, and Well-Being among Volunteers
Published Date
Oct 11, 2012
Journal
Volume
75
Issue
4
Pages
360 - 384
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