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When it comes to finding meaning in life, you need this emotion – Deseret News
Alex Cochran, Deseret NewsWhen it comes to finding meaning in life, you need this emotion
A new study found hope is a ‘powerful emotional force’
Published: June 25, 2025, 11:39 a.m. MDT
By Lois M. Collins – Lois is a longtime Deseret News special projects and family issues reporter, including health, parenting, aging and policy.
KEY POINTS
- Hope is considered a ‘powerful emotional force’ that gives life meaning, exceeding the benefits of happiness or gratitude, a new study found.
- Psychology directly links hope to motivating somebody, goal setting and accomplishment, according to the researchers.
- Another study indicates hope to be more beneficial than mindfulness for dealing with extended periods of stress.
Reams of stories have been written about happiness and its contribution to a good life. We’ve all heard, too, that gratitude lifts well-being.
And while both effects are backed by science, a new study suggests that a different emotion is even more powerful when it comes to providing life with meaning, bolstering mental health and boosting resilience.
You have to have hope.
The researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia note that hope “isn’t just wishful thinking.” They describe hope as a “powerful emotional force that gives our lives meaning.” And they assert that it “may be even more essential to well-being than happiness or gratitude.”
In a news release about the study, which was published in the journal Emotion, the researchers note that the field of psychology has linked hope to motivation and setting and accomplishing goals. But researchers from the university’s Department of Psychological Sciences report that “hope stands apart as one of the strongest positive emotions that directly fosters a sense of meaning.”
Read more: When it comes to finding meaning in life, you need this emotion – Deseret News
Source Links: https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2025/06/25/hope-not-happiness-key-meaning-life-university-missouri-study/
#2025 #America #DeseretNews #Emotions #Health #Hope #Libraries #MeaningInLife #NewStudy #Research #Science #UnitedStates #UniversityOfMissouri
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When it comes to finding meaning in life, you need this emotion – Deseret News
Alex Cochran, Deseret NewsWhen it comes to finding meaning in life, you need this emotion
A new study found hope is a ‘powerful emotional force’
Published: June 25, 2025, 11:39 a.m. MDT
By Lois M. Collins – Lois is a longtime Deseret News special projects and family issues reporter, including health, parenting, aging and policy.
KEY POINTS
- Hope is considered a ‘powerful emotional force’ that gives life meaning, exceeding the benefits of happiness or gratitude, a new study found.
- Psychology directly links hope to motivating somebody, goal setting and accomplishment, according to the researchers.
- Another study indicates hope to be more beneficial than mindfulness for dealing with extended periods of stress.
Reams of stories have been written about happiness and its contribution to a good life. We’ve all heard, too, that gratitude lifts well-being.
And while both effects are backed by science, a new study suggests that a different emotion is even more powerful when it comes to providing life with meaning, bolstering mental health and boosting resilience.
You have to have hope.
The researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia note that hope “isn’t just wishful thinking.” They describe hope as a “powerful emotional force that gives our lives meaning.” And they assert that it “may be even more essential to well-being than happiness or gratitude.”
In a news release about the study, which was published in the journal Emotion, the researchers note that the field of psychology has linked hope to motivation and setting and accomplishing goals. But researchers from the university’s Department of Psychological Sciences report that “hope stands apart as one of the strongest positive emotions that directly fosters a sense of meaning.”
Read more: When it comes to finding meaning in life, you need this emotion – Deseret News
Source Links: https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2025/06/25/hope-not-happiness-key-meaning-life-university-missouri-study/
#2025 #America #DeseretNews #Emotions #Health #Hope #Libraries #MeaningInLife #NewStudy #Research #Science #UnitedStates #UniversityOfMissouri
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📚👪 Parenthood: More Meaning, Less Life Satisfaction? 🤔
A study by Dr Ansgar Hudde and Professor Dr Marita Jacob shows that parenthood is associated with lower life satisfaction, but higher meaning in life. 📊 The study is based on data from over 43,000 participants from 30 countries and the results are published in the Journal of Marriage and Family.Read more about the study and its findings ▶️ https://uni.koeln/EN35R
#UniKöln #UniCologne #Parenthood #LifeSatisfaction #MeaningInLife
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📚👪 Parenthood: More Meaning, Less Life Satisfaction? 🤔
A study by Dr Ansgar Hudde and Professor Dr Marita Jacob shows that parenthood is associated with lower life satisfaction, but higher meaning in life. 📊 The study is based on data from over 43,000 participants from 30 countries and the results are published in the Journal of Marriage and Family.Read more about the study and its findings ▶️ https://uni.koeln/EN35R
#UniKöln #UniCologne #Parenthood #LifeSatisfaction #MeaningInLife
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📚👪 Parenthood: More Meaning, Less Life Satisfaction? 🤔
A study by Dr Ansgar Hudde and Professor Dr Marita Jacob shows that parenthood is associated with lower life satisfaction, but higher meaning in life. 📊 The study is based on data from over 43,000 participants from 30 countries and the results are published in the Journal of Marriage and Family.Read more about the study and its findings ▶️ https://uni.koeln/EN35R
#UniKöln #UniCologne #Parenthood #LifeSatisfaction #MeaningInLife
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📚👪 Parenthood: More Meaning, Less Life Satisfaction? 🤔
A study by Dr Ansgar Hudde and Professor Dr Marita Jacob shows that parenthood is associated with lower life satisfaction, but higher meaning in life. 📊 The study is based on data from over 43,000 participants from 30 countries and the results are published in the Journal of Marriage and Family.Read more about the study and its findings ▶️ https://uni.koeln/EN35R
#UniKöln #UniCologne #Parenthood #LifeSatisfaction #MeaningInLife
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📚👪 Parenthood: More Meaning, Less Life Satisfaction? 🤔
A study by Dr Ansgar Hudde and Professor Dr Marita Jacob shows that parenthood is associated with lower life satisfaction, but higher meaning in life. 📊 The study is based on data from over 43,000 participants from 30 countries and the results are published in the Journal of Marriage and Family.Read more about the study and its findings ▶️ https://uni.koeln/EN35R
#UniKöln #UniCologne #Parenthood #LifeSatisfaction #MeaningInLife
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Shared reality in romantic relationships reduces uncertainty and boosts meaning in life, study finds https://www.psypost.org/shared-reality-in-romantic-relationships-reduces-uncertainty-and-boosts-meaning-in-life-study-finds/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #RomanticRelationships #SharedReality #MeaningInLife #RelationshipAdvice #CoConstructedUnderstanding
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Shared reality in romantic relationships reduces uncertainty and boosts meaning in life, study finds https://www.psypost.org/shared-reality-in-romantic-relationships-reduces-uncertainty-and-boosts-meaning-in-life-study-finds/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #RomanticRelationships #SharedReality #MeaningInLife #RelationshipAdvice #CoConstructedUnderstanding
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Shared reality in romantic relationships reduces uncertainty and boosts meaning in life, study finds https://www.psypost.org/shared-reality-in-romantic-relationships-reduces-uncertainty-and-boosts-meaning-in-life-study-finds/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #RomanticRelationships #SharedReality #MeaningInLife #RelationshipAdvice #CoConstructedUnderstanding
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Shared reality in romantic relationships reduces uncertainty and boosts meaning in life, study finds https://www.psypost.org/shared-reality-in-romantic-relationships-reduces-uncertainty-and-boosts-meaning-in-life-study-finds/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #RomanticRelationships #SharedReality #MeaningInLife #RelationshipAdvice #CoConstructedUnderstanding
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"The capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance."
Pablo Casals
#quote #quoteoftheday #Caring #Life #meaninginlife #BeingHuman
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"The capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance."
Pablo Casals
#quote #quoteoftheday #Caring #Life #meaninginlife #BeingHuman
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"The capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance."
Pablo Casals
#quote #quoteoftheday #Caring #Life #meaninginlife #BeingHuman
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"The capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance."
Pablo Casals
#quote #quoteoftheday #Caring #Life #meaninginlife #BeingHuman
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CW: UChicago 2022 Aims of Education Agnes Callard Callard's speech on the meaning of education in the face of extinction
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CW: UChicago 2022 Aims of Education Agnes Callard Callard's speech on the meaning of education in the face of extinction
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CW: UChicago 2022 Aims of Education Agnes Callard Callard's speech on the meaning of education in the face of extinction
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On Descendants
Seeing non-human animals as the inheritors of our legacy
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://neotoma.site/p/on-descendants/
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On Descendants
Seeing non-human animals as the inheritors of our legacy
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://neotoma.site/p/on-descendants/
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On Descendants
Seeing non-human animals as the inheritors of our legacy
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://neotoma.site/p/on-descendants/
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Does #religion/#spirituality actually predict #wellbeing?
Meara Geraty used data from 54 countries to find that in most countries, religion's/spirituality's relationship with well-being is fully mediated by (confounded with) #MeaningInLife, the more reliable predictor of well-being.
Replicating past work, the relationship with well-being seemed to depend on (among other things) #culture and #economics.
Follow Meara on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/meara-geraty
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Does #religion/#spirituality actually predict #wellbeing?
Meara Geraty used data from 54 countries to find that in most countries, religion's/spirituality's relationship with well-being is fully mediated by (confounded with) #MeaningInLife, the more reliable predictor of well-being.
Replicating past work, the relationship with well-being seemed to depend on (among other things) #culture and #economics.
Follow Meara on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/meara-geraty
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Does #religion/#spirituality actually predict #wellbeing?
Meara Geraty used data from 54 countries to find that in most countries, religion's/spirituality's relationship with well-being is fully mediated by (confounded with) #MeaningInLife, the more reliable predictor of well-being.
Replicating past work, the relationship with well-being seemed to depend on (among other things) #culture and #economics.
Follow Meara on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/meara-geraty
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Does #religion/#spirituality actually predict #wellbeing?
Meara Geraty used data from 54 countries to find that in most countries, religion's/spirituality's relationship with well-being is fully mediated by (confounded with) #MeaningInLife, the more reliable predictor of well-being.
Replicating past work, the relationship with well-being seemed to depend on (among other things) #culture and #economics.
Follow Meara on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/meara-geraty
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Does #religion/#spirituality actually predict #wellbeing?
Meara Geraty used data from 54 countries to find that in most countries, religion's/spirituality's relationship with well-being is fully mediated by (confounded with) #MeaningInLife, the more reliable predictor of well-being.
Replicating past work, the relationship with well-being seemed to depend on (among other things) #culture and #economics.
Follow Meara on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/meara-geraty
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Those who know me from the Bird Site around or before five years ago know that what was central to my purpose in life vanished in an instant (largely self-inflicted, so no need for sympathy, as I have none for myself). In the interim, I've been apparently asking some good questions to regain some sense of purpose regarding what I am good at, what I enjoy, and how I leave a legacy. I haven't sought out answers from those closest to me. That's next.
https://www.vox.com/even-better/23653236/how-to-find-life-purpose-values-talent
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Those who know me from the Bird Site around or before five years ago know that what was central to my purpose in life vanished in an instant (largely self-inflicted, so no need for sympathy, as I have none for myself). In the interim, I've been apparently asking some good questions to regain some sense of purpose regarding what I am good at, what I enjoy, and how I leave a legacy. I haven't sought out answers from those closest to me. That's next.
https://www.vox.com/even-better/23653236/how-to-find-life-purpose-values-talent
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Those who know me from the Bird Site around or before five years ago know that what was central to my purpose in life vanished in an instant (largely self-inflicted, so no need for sympathy, as I have none for myself). In the interim, I've been apparently asking some good questions to regain some sense of purpose regarding what I am good at, what I enjoy, and how I leave a legacy. I haven't sought out answers from those closest to me. That's next.
https://www.vox.com/even-better/23653236/how-to-find-life-purpose-values-talent
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Those who know me from the Bird Site around or before five years ago know that what was central to my purpose in life vanished in an instant (largely self-inflicted, so no need for sympathy, as I have none for myself). In the interim, I've been apparently asking some good questions to regain some sense of purpose regarding what I am good at, what I enjoy, and how I leave a legacy. I haven't sought out answers from those closest to me. That's next.
https://www.vox.com/even-better/23653236/how-to-find-life-purpose-values-talent
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Those who know me from the Bird Site around or before five years ago know that what was central to my purpose in life vanished in an instant (largely self-inflicted, so no need for sympathy, as I have none for myself). In the interim, I've been apparently asking some good questions to regain some sense of purpose regarding what I am good at, what I enjoy, and how I leave a legacy. I haven't sought out answers from those closest to me. That's next.
https://www.vox.com/even-better/23653236/how-to-find-life-purpose-values-talent
