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dc.contributor.authorSørensen, Torgeir
dc.contributor.authorHestad, Knut
dc.contributor.authorGrov, Ellen Karine
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-07T14:01:34Z
dc.date.available2022-03-07T14:01:34Z
dc.date.created2021-12-03T08:56:13Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationFrontiers in Psychology. 2021, 12:685125 1-11.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1664-1078
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2983493
dc.description.abstractAbstract Health-promoting initiatives incorporating meaning-making to enhance the well-being of people in late adulthood are important, particularly as the number of older people is increasing. Resilience and sources of meaning may be related to individuals' experience of meaningfulness and satisfaction with life. However, few studies have investigated these relations among people in late adulthood. In the present exploratory study, we asked the following questions: What are the differences regarding scores on sources of meaning, resilience, meaningfulness, and satisfaction between people in late adulthood (≥65) and other adults (18-64)? What is the association between sources of meaning and meaningfulness, and between resilience and meaningfulness? What is the association between sources of meaning and satisfaction with life, and between resilience and satisfaction with life? A cross-sectional design was used. A population-based sample of 925 participants (aged 18-91 years) was recruited from the National Population Register in Norway. Of these, 219 participants were 65 years old and older (mean age 73 years). Additionally, sub-analyses for the age-group ≥ 75 (N = 71) were performed. Independent-samples t-tests, chi-square tests, one-way ANOVA, and linear regressions adjusted for demographics, anxiety, and depression were performed utilizing standardized questionnaires. It was found that people in late adulthood (≥65 years) scored significantly higher on meaningfulness compared to younger adults (18-64). Of the sources of meaning, vertical self-transcendence, including explicit religiosity and spirituality, had the strongest relation to meaningfulness for people in late adulthood, after adjusting for demographics, anxiety, and depression. For the same group, accomplishment, including generativity and unselfish engagement with the surroundings and future generations, also stood out as a prominent source of meaning when related to meaningfulness. No sources of meaning were associated with satisfaction with life in the older group. No associations between resilience and meaningfulness, nor between resilience and satisfaction with life, were found among people in late adulthood. However, positive associations were found between resilience and meaningfulness, as well as between resilience and satisfaction with life, in the 18-64 age group. Longitudinal research and interventional studies are needed to confirm whether the designated sources contribute to meaningfulness in a Norwegian context. The implications of the findings are discussed. Keywords: meaning; meaningfulness; old adults; resilience; satisfaction with life; sources of meaning. Copyright © 2021 Sørensen, Hestad and Grov.
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.relation.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2832965
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjectLivskvaliet
dc.subjectQuality of life
dc.subjectMeningsdannelse
dc.subjectConstruction of sense
dc.subjectResiliens
dc.subjectResilience
dc.subjectMening
dc.subjectMeaning
dc.titleRelationships of sources of meaning and resilience with meaningfulness and satisfaction with life: A population-based study of Norwegians in late adulthooden_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.subject.nsiVDP::Health sciences: 800
dc.source.pagenumber1-11en_US
dc.source.volume12:685125en_US
dc.source.journalFrontiers in Psychologyen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fpsyg.2021.68
dc.identifier.cristin1963965
dc.relation.projectSykehuset Innlandet HF: 150267
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