The Role of meaning in life, optimism, hope and coping styles in subjective well-being

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Dursun, Pınar
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The objective of this study was to explore the roles of meaning in life (presence and search), optimism, hope (pathway and agency), additional contribution of coping styles (cognitive-affective coping and instrumental-emotional support) in prediction of life satisfaction and positive affectivity components of subjective well-being. A pilot study was conducted with 519 (327 female, 192 male) students at various faculties at Afyon Kocatepe University for Turkish adaptation of Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ). The findings of exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses revealed that 10-item scale with two factors- presence of meaning and search for meaning. Validity and reliability analyses displayed that MLQ has good psychometric properties. For the main purpose of the study, MLQ, Life Orientation Test (LOT), Hope Scale, and Brief COPE, Positive-Negative Affect Scale (PANAS) and Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) were adminstered to 1160 students but analyses were completed with 984 (582 female and 402 male) students from Afyon Kocatepe University. Two hierarchical multiple regression analyses were run separately for positive affectivity, and life satisfaction. First analysis revealed that optimism, pathway and agency dimensions of hope significantly and positively predicted positive affectivity when instrumental-emotional support added into the model, this variable resulted in significant increase of .05% explained variance. The second analysis indicated that presence and search dimensions of meaning in life, optimism, and agency dimension of hope scale significantly predicted life satisfaction and when instrumental-emotional support added into the model, this variable resulted in significant increase in .01% explained variance. Results were discussed in relation to the findings in the literature.
Meaning (Psychology)., Quality of life., Optimism., Stress (Psychology)., Stress management.
http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12615217/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/22126
Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis

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P. Dursun, “The Role of meaning in life, optimism, hope and coping styles in subjective well-being,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2012.
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