Meaning and Health: A Systematic Review
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A growing body of findings from longitudinal epidemiological studies shows that purpose predicts reduced morbidity (including reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment, stroke, and myocardial infarction) and extended longevity.
“A growing body of findings from longitudinal epidemiological studies show that purpose predicts reduced morbidity (e.g., reduced risk of Alzheimer ' s disease and mild cognitive impairment, as well as reduced risk of stroke and myocardial infarction) and extended longevity (10, 16 -21).”
From Purpose in life and use of preventive health care services (2014) · cites this paper as [20]
The benefits of purpose are broad, impacting several areas of the body and mind that are relevant to health.
“The links between higher purpose and enhanced physical, biological, and neural health suggest that the benefits of purpose are broad, impacting several areas of the body and mind that are relevant to health [see Ryff (10) and Roepke, et al. (20) for recent reviews on this topic].”
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- Authors
- Roepke, A. M., Jayawickreme, E., & Riffle, O. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Wake Forest University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Roepke, Ann Marie
- Venue
- Applied Research in Quality of Life
- Published
- 2013-11-30
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1055-1079
- ISSN
- 1871-2576 (ISSN-L)
- 1871-2584
- OpenAlex
- W2093600007
- Cited by
- 156
- References
- 23
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 5
- FWCI
- 0.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Applied Research in Quality of Life (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- John Templeton Foundation
- University of Pennsylvania
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health, psychology, and well-being
- Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Keywords
- meaning in life, physical health, subjective well-being, health behavior, psychological well-being
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