Meanings of life /
by Roy F. Baumeister.
- New York : Guilford Press, 1991.
- xii, 426 p. ; 24 cm.
Basic patterns of lfie and meaning -- Who says life has no meaning? -- Coming to terms with meaning -- The four needs for meaning: an existential shopping list -- The myth of higher meaning -- Looking for answers -- Self-identity and the value gap -- Work, work, work, work -- Passionate love, domestic bliss -- Religion -- Adjustment, well-being, and threat -- Happiness -- Suffering and unhappiness -- Meanigs of death -- Changes in meaning -- Life change: adding and subtracting meanings -- Why women once disliked sex -- The work ethic -- The parenthood paradox.
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