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Personality Factors and Meaning in Life: The Mediating Role of Competence, Relatedness and Autonomy

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  • Nur Demirbaş-Çelik

    (Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat Üniversitesi)

  • İbrahim Keklik

    (Hacettepe University)

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This study examined the mediating role of basic psychological needs of competence, autonomy and relatedness in the relationship between higher-order personality factors and meaning in life (MIL). Participants of the study were 360 high school students in İstanbul, Turkey. The Big Five Inventory, Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction Scale and the Meaning in Life Questionnaire were used for data collection. Data analysis was done by structural equation modeling. Results showed that search of meaning was not correlated with most of the latent variables. Thus, it was not included in the models testing. Each psychological need (competence, relatedness and autonomy) partially mediated the relationship between stability and presence of meaning in life. MIL. On the other hand, only competence and relatedness partially mediated the relationship between plasticity and search of meaning. Finding regarding gender were mixed. Findings, limitations and implications of the study were discussed.

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  • Nur Demirbaş-Çelik & İbrahim Keklik, 2019. "Personality Factors and Meaning in Life: The Mediating Role of Competence, Relatedness and Autonomy," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 20(4), pages 995-1013, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jhappi:v:20:y:2019:i:4:d:10.1007_s10902-018-9984-0
    DOI: 10.1007/s10902-018-9984-0
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    1. Xiaodan Xu & Yan Xu & Jinzhe Zhao & Panqin Ye & Mengke Yu & Yidie Lai & Juan Wang & Qunying Huang, 2022. "Good Personality and Subjective Well-Being: Presence of Meaning in Life and Perceived Social Support as Mediators," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(21), pages 1-14, October.
    2. Robert A. Goehlich & Ralf Bebenroth, 2023. "Pilots' Desire to Become Future Space Tourism Pilots: Polynomial Regression Using Response Surface Analysis," Discussion Paper Series DP2023-16, Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University.
    3. Miriam Chasson & Ofir Ben-Yaakov & Orit Taubman – Ben-Ari, 2021. "Meaning in Life among New Mothers before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Mothers’ Marital Satisfaction and Perception of the Infant," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 22(8), pages 3499-3512, December.

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