Symposium on Meaning & Optimism | S16 Part 2 | Meaning Conference 2002

Realistic Optimism Meets Motivated Self-Deception: Focus on Meaning and Knowledge
2 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. Symposium on Meaning & Optimism
Chair - Zander Ponzo, Ph.D., University of Vermont
Annahita Varahrami, B.Sc., Young Adult Volunteer Program, Presbyterian Church

The Relationships Between Meaning, Purpose in Life, Hope, and Psychosocial Development

Existential psychology is concerned with enhancing psychological well-being through the awareness of meaning and purpose in life. Similarly, counseling theories based on Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development promote mental health and successful growth and development. This study investigated the relationships between meaning, purpose in life, hope, and psychosocial development. Subjects were asked to complete measures of personal meaning, psychosocial development, and two measures of hope. Correlational analyses revealed significant correlations between meaning, level of psychosocial development, and hope. Although comparisons of scores on all four measures generated significant correlations, the Herth Hope Scale consistently produced higher correlations with the two other measures than the scores from the Snyder Hope Scale. These results suggest that the Herth Hope Scale, which contains a spiritual component, may relate better to constructs of meaning, purpose, and successful psychosocial development, which also reflect a sense of integrity.

Educational objectives:
1) To integrate Erikson’s theory of pschosocial development with measures of personal meaning and hope.
2) To present a correlational study based on a battery of tests, including the Herth Hope Scale and the Synder Hope Scale.
3) To discuss the spiritual component of the Herth Hope Scale and its relationship to successful psychosocial development.

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