The relation of recalled life events, childhood relationship with parents and the meaning in life

dc.creator	Barbara Kolarik
dc.date	2010-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:30:02Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:30:02Z
dc.identifier	1891-6511
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/ae4d983d52fe4d399cfa7fa14cbc8982
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/22229
dc.description	The main purpose of this study is to investigate the signiﬁcance of critical life events and childhood relations with parents for the present perception of meaning in life. A number of 231 volunteers of different ages and professions were questioned. They had to complete the Purpose in Life Test (PIL) by Crumbaugh and Maholick (1964), the Questionnaire of recalled parental rearing behaviour (QRBRB) by Schumacher, Eismann and Brähler (1999), a list of life events newly developed from the “Leipziger Ereignis- und Belastungsinventar (LEBI)” by Richter and Guthke (1995) and the Brief COPE by Carver (1997). Additionally they had to answer demographic questions about themselves. In the present study, specific demographic variables point to significant differences in the level of subjective meaning in life. According to the life events, significant correlations between the favourability of life events and the score of subjective meaning in life were found. There were also significant differences in the level of subjective meaning of life between those who had and those who had not experienced a certain life event. A general linear model demonstrated that the quality of recalled parental rearing behaviour moderates the relation of composite favourability of events to the subjective meaningfulness of life. The results of the demographic variables, life events and the perceived parental rearing behaviour were interpreted in the context of Frankl’s theory of meaning and other previous surveys. The data of coping is interpreted in the context of the hierarchical control theory of acting. On the highest level of this hierarchy the meaning of life is designed.
dc.publisher	Rudolf Steiner University College & Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences
dc.relation	http://www.rosejourn.com/index.php/rose/article/viewFile/35/68
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1891-6511
dc.source	Research on Steiner Education, Vol 1, Iss 2, Pp 96-116 (2010)
dc.subject	meaning in life
dc.subject	life events
dc.subject	coping
dc.subject	parental rearing behaviour
dc.subject	spirituality
dc.subject	empirical psychology
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.title	The relation of recalled life events, childhood relationship with parents and the meaning in life
dc.type	article