Journal articles: 'Meaningful living'

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BURGGRAEVE, Roger. "Meaningful Living and Acting." Louvain Studies 13, no. 1 (January 1, 1988): 3–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.2143/ls.13.1.2013958.

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BURGGRAEVE, Roger. "Meaningful Living and Acting." Louvain Studies 13, no. 2 (July 1, 1988): 137–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.2143/ls.13.2.2013953.

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Calhoun, Cheshire. "Geographies of Meaningful Living." Journal of Applied Philosophy 32, no. 1 (August 19, 2014): 15–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/japp.12089.

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Lambie, David. "Insight into meaningful living." Metascience 28, no. 1 (December 5, 2018): 155–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11016-018-0378-z.

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Kemp, Candace, Alexis Bender, Elisabeth Burgess, Joy Ciofi, Fayron Epps, Jennifer Morgan, and Molly Perkins. "Examining Meaningful Engagement Among Assisted Living Residents With Dementia." Innovation in Aging 4, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2020): 668. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2315.

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Abstract Across care setting, lack of meaningful activity is identified by persons living with dementia and their care partners as a persistent and significant unmet care need. Here, we examine the opportunities for and experiences with meaningful engagement among assisted living residents with dementia using data from our 5-year NIA-funded qualitative study (R01AG062310). Guided by grounded theory method, the study involves in-depth interviews, participant observation, and resident record review collected over a one-year period in four diverse assisted living communities. Analysis of these data shows a range of engagement opportunities and experiences within and across care communities and point to the influence of resident (e.g. cognitive and physical function, interests, relationships), care partner (e.g., dementia knowledge, strategies, availability), and care community (e.g., size, location, resources) factors. We conclude by offering suggestions for policy and practice and for future research aimed at improving the quality of life of persons living with dementia.

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Allison, Theresa, Jennie Gubner, and Alexander Smith. "Meaningful Activities Among Vulnerable Older Adults Living With Dementia." Innovation in Aging 4, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2020): 838. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.3070.

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Abstract This paper examines self-identified meaningful activities in the daily lives of 21 vulnerable older adults living with dementia and the people who care for them at home (dyads). Using ethnographic observation and interviews, we asked the dyads to identify which aspects of daily life were most meaningful and how these activities changed as dementia progressed. Results ranged from pleasure-seeking activities like cigarette smoking and eating, to spiritual or mindfulness activities like hymn-singing, prayer and tai chi. Dyads identified specific examples of the ways in which meaningful activities and meaning-making both persisted and adapted throughout the progression of dementia. Using these identifiable moments of meaning-making as a starting point for inquiry, we explore underlying questions of how to adapt to dementia progression while retaining meaning in relationships.

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Loxterkamp, Max. "MORALITY, OBJECTIVE VALUE AND LIVING A MEANINGFUL LIFE: A REPLY TO STEVEN M. CAHN AND CHRISTINE VITRANO'S ESSAY ‘LIVING WELL’." Think 15, no. 43 (2016): 117–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1477175616000129.

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In their essay ‘Living Well’, Steven M. Cahn and Christine Vitrano argue that to live a meaningful life all we must do is find personal satisfaction and enjoyment. They argue against other philosophers who claim that ‘objectively valuable’ activities are what make a life meaningful. There are two problems with what they argue in the essay. The first relates to a particular criticism they make of some of those philosophers taking the contrary view, in regards to the difficulty those philosophers have in deeming what is and is not of objective value. The second is more specifically to do with Cahn's and Vitrano's rejection of the idea that objectively valuable activities are what make a life meaningful, worthwhile. But both problems result from their introducing morality as relevant to what makes a life meaningful or not.

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Dysvik, Elin, and Bodil Furnes. "Living a meaningful life with chronic pain - further follow-up." Clinical Case Reports 6, no. 5 (March 22, 2018): 896–900. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1487.

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De Vriendt, Patricia, Elise Cornelis, Ruben Vanbosseghem, Valerie Desmet, and Dominique Van de Velde. "Enabling meaningful activities and quality of life in long-term care facilities: The stepwise development of a participatory client-centred approach in Flanders." British Journal of Occupational Therapy 82, no. 1 (June 3, 2018): 15–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0308022618775880.

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Introduction Meaningful activities of daily living promote the quality of life of residents of long-term care facilities. This project aimed to develop an approach to enable meaningful activities of daily living and to guide long-term care facilities in a creative and innovative attitude towards residents' meaningful activities of daily living. Method The approach was developed in six steps: (1) in-depth-interviews with 14 residents; (2) a survey with 171 residents; (3) a systematic map and synthesis review on interventions enriching meaningful activities of daily living; (4) qualitative analysis of 24 ‘good examples’ and, to support future implementation, (5) focus groups with staff ( n = 69). Results determined the components of the new approach which was (6) pilot-tested in one long-term care facility. Quantitative and qualitative data were gathered concerning benefits for the residents and feasibility for the staff. Results A client- and activity-oriented approach was developed, characterised by an active participatory attitude of residents and staff and a systematic iterative process. Significant positive effects were found for the number of activities, the satisfaction with the leisure offered, the social network, medication use, but not for quality of life. The approach appeared to be feasible. Conclusion This approach stimulates residents' meaningful activities of daily living and social life. Further investigation is needed to evaluate its outcome and implementation potentials.

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Dicato, Mario. "Optimizing Hemoglobin Levels and Beyond: Strength for Living and Meaningful Survival?" Oncology 68, no. 1 (2005): 1–2. http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000083127.

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Baumann, Steven L. "Making a Meaningful Contribution to Nursing Theory." Nursing Science Quarterly 25, no. 2 (March 25, 2012): 155–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0894318412437947.

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The value of being a part of a network of theoretically like-minded individuals for a small group of nurse scholars, namely Richard Cowling, Howard Butcher and William Cody, is here discussed. The like-mindedness in this case is what has been described by some as an angular view of nursing or the simultaneity paradigm. An underlying theme is that joy-sorrow often arises in living the isolation and connectedness of a career in nursing that includes a commitment to scholarship.

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Danyuthasilpe,, Chuleekorn, Charlotte D. Barry,, and Rozzano C. Locsin,. "The Lived Experience of Community-Dwelling Older Adults With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in a Rural Community in Northern Thailand." International Journal of Human Caring 19, no. 3 (April 2015): 19–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.20467/1091-5710.19.3.19.

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The purpose of this study was to describe the experience of community-dwelling older adults living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in a rural community in Northern Thailand. The study was grounded in Parker and Barry’s model of community nursing practice model based on the concepts and values of respect, persons in their wholeness, and caring in nursing. Data were generated and analyzed using Giorgi’s phenomenological approach. Four themes were revealed: confronting a life-threatening illness, caring for self, keeping meaningful relationships, and living guided by spiritual beliefs. The meaning of the experience was synthesized as finding balance between living with a threatening illness and living meaningful lives.

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Reizer, Abira, Dana Dahan, and Phillip R. Shaver. "The Contributions of Attachment and Caregiving Orientations to Living a Meaningful Life." Psychology 04, no. 12 (2013): 1039–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/psych.2013.412151.

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Deckert, Amy L., Galina Gheihman, Rinat Nissim, Cynthia Chung, Aaron D. Schimmer, Camilla Zimmermann, and Gary Rodin. "The importance of meaningful activity in people living with acute myeloid leukemia." Leukemia Research 67 (April 2018): 86–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.leukres.2018.02.009.

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Klinedinst, J., and B. Resnick. "THE VOLUNTEERING-IN-PLACE PROGRAM: MEANINGFUL VOLUNTEER ACTIVITY FOR ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENTS." Innovation in Aging 1, suppl_1 (June 30, 2017): 1264. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igx004.4602.

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Schlink, Clemens Emanuel. "Cheshire Calhoun, Doing Valuable Time: The Present, the Future, and Meaningful Living." Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 21, no. 4 (August 2018): 1015–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10677-018-9927-1.

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Ciofi, Joy, Candace L. Kemp, Alexis A. Bender, Elisabeth O. Burgess, Jennifer C. Morgan, Fayron Epps, Patrick Doyle, and Molly M. Perkins. "MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENTS WITH DEMENTIA: EMERGENT FINDINGS." Innovation in Aging 3, Supplement_1 (November 2019): S943—S944. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.3430.

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Abstract This poster provides an overview of the aims, methods, and emergent findings from an ongoing five-year NIA-funded project (R01AG062310) examining meaningful engagement and quality of life among assisted living (AL) residents with dementia. The overall goal of this project is to determine how opportunities for meaningful engagement can best be recognized, created, and maintained for individuals with different dementia types and varying levels of functional ability. Guided by grounded theory, this qualitative study will involve 12 diverse AL communities in and around Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Presently, our interdisciplinary team is collecting data in four communities using ethnographic observations, semi-structured interviews, and resident record review. We are studying daily life in each community, following 30 resident participants, and actively recruiting and interviewing their formal and informal care partners. Based on ongoing analysis, we offer key emergent findings. First, meaningful engagement is highly individualized and dynamic. Differing personal interests, along with wide variations in cognitive and physical abilities, can present challenges for AL community staff and other care partners when trying to recognize what constitutes meaningful engagement for residents. Second, multiple complex factors interplay to shape the experience of meaningful engagement among persons living with dementia, such as personal characteristics, care partner background and training, AL community design and philosophy, and state/corporate regulations. Finally, flexibility and ‘meeting the resident where they are at’ appear to be critical to identifying and fostering meaningful engagement for persons living with dementia. We discuss the implications of these preliminary findings for translation, dissemination, and future research.

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Flannery, Halina, and Jenna Jacob. "Measuring psychological outcomes in paediatric settings: Making outcomes meaningful using client-defined perspectives." Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 25, no. 3 (February 12, 2020): 594–603. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359104520904120.

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There is a growing drive to develop and implement patient-reported outcome measures within paediatric health services, particularly for young people living with chronic health conditions; however, there is little consensus on how best to do this in meaningful ways within psychological services working alongside medical teams. This reflective commentary considers some of the challenges of collecting psychological outcome measures in paediatric services and considers alternative approaches to making outcome measurement meaningful. All measures have their limitations; however, they become meaningless if they are not used in meaningful and considered ways with young people. Client-defined outcome measurement, such as goal-based outcome measures, alongside other types of measurement, can capture outcomes of meaning to young people living with chronic health conditions, and can enable them to feed into a shared decision-making process.

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Burmenskaya, G. V., O. V. Almazova, O. A. Karabanova, E. I. Zakharova, A. G. Dolgikh, S. V. Molchanov, and T. Yu Sadovnikova. "Girls’ Emotional and Meaningful Attitude to Motherhood." Консультативная психология и психотерапия 26, no. 4 (2018): 46–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.17759/cpp.2018260404.

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We carried out the conditions analysis of the development of emotional and meaningful attitude to motherhood among student-age girls in connection with low fertility and ambiguous attitude of young people to parenting — a pressing problem in present-day Russia. The presented results of the empirical study (N=230) identify five types of girls ‘ attitude to motherhood and show their relationship with the peculiarities of parent-child interaction in the parent family. The unfavorable tendency of negative and ambivalent attitude to motherhood was revealed in a significant part of the sample. The formation of positive emotional and meaningful attitudes towards the birth of children in girls is facilitated by parental acceptance, cooperation, closeness, consent, as well as the authority of parents and satisfaction with relations with them. Disharmonious child-parent relationships are more often found in girls that reject a mother’s role. The role of a sibling position is considered, as well as a factor of girls’ living together with parents or separately.

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Radohl, Tamara. "Living a Meaningful Life With Serious Mental Illness: Defining and Understanding Personal Medicine." Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research 7, no. 2 (June 2016): 345–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/686807.

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Andrew Holowchak, M. "Games as Pastimes in Suits’s Utopia: Meaningful Living and the “Metaphysics of Leisure”." Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 34, no. 1 (May 2007): 88–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00948705.2007.9714712.

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Ciofi, Joy, Candace Kemp, Stephen Duong, Andrea Hill, Anna Lisa Baidoo, AprilSpring Wood, Pamela Manley, and Alexis Bender. "The Need to See the World: Outings and Meaningful Engagement Among Assisted Living Residents With Dementia." Innovation in Aging 4, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2020): 493–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.1596.

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Abstract Meaningful engagement is a promising avenue for enhancing the lives of persons with dementia. Yet, engagement can prove challenging across care settings. Here, we report on our ongoing 5-year NIA-funded study (R01AG062310) aimed at identifying best practices for promoting meaningful engagement opportunities among assisted living residents with dementia. Guided by grounded theory method, the study involves multiple modes of qualitative data collection, including: participant observation; resident record review; and in-depth interviews with residents (when possible), assisted living staff, residents’ family and friends, volunteers, and others involved in residents’ daily lives. We present analysis of data collected in 4 diverse care settings studied in-depth over a one-year period and focus on “outings” or instances when residents leave the assisted living setting. Findings show the variable nature, content, and frequency of outings and demonstrate the advantages, disadvantages, and challenges associated with taking persons living with dementia out of their living environments. Outings represent an opportunity “to get out,” “see the world,” and “not be stuck inside.” Yet, outings are not universally successful and sometimes create frustration, distress or confusion. Multiple factors intersect to influence residents’ opportunities to participate in and derive benefit from outings, including residents’ cognitive and physical function, and personal preferences, and formal and informal care partners’ knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and resources. Care setting practices and policies, resources, size and location, and community connections also shape opportunities for and experiences with outings among residents living with dementia. We discuss the implications of our findings for research, policy, and practice.

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Eriksen, Siren, Anne-Sofie Helvik, Lene Kristin Juvet, Kirsti Skovdahl, Linn Hege Førsund, and Ellen Karine Grov. "The Experience of Relations in Persons with Dementia: A Systematic Meta-Synthesis." Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders 42, no. 5-6 (2016): 342–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000452404.

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Background: Dementia influences a person's experience of social relationships, as described in several studies. In this systematic meta-synthesis of qualitative studies, we aim to interpret and synthesize the experiences of persons with dementias and their relations with others. Summary: Living with dementia changes life, leading to new social roles and different social statuses. Persons with dementia experience being disconnected and dependent on others, feeling like being a burden, and being a person who is treated in paternalistic ways. Family, friends and others with dementia might play significant roles in their ability to maintain a meaningful life. Key Messages: Three categories emerged from the data, change in life, change in relations, and maintenance of meaningful aspects in life; these categories are intertwined and essential in sustaining a lifeline for persons with dementia. The comprehensive meaning of the material is understood as the expression: Living a meaningful life in relational changes.

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Sands, D. J., and W. R. Dunlap. "A Functional Classification for Independent Living for Persons with Visual Impairments." Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness 85, no. 2 (February 1991): 75–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0145482x9108500208.

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A meaningful classification for living, work, and education was achieved by grouping 159 persons who were blind or visually impaired according to seven independent living skills. The use of functional skills for placement and training would allow providers of services to respond to clients’ individual strengths and needs.

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Antille, Maryrose, Lucienne Bigler-Perrotin, and Steven L. Baumann. "Like a Rolling Stone." Nursing Science Quarterly 33, no. 2 (March 17, 2020): 165–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0894318419898165.

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Suddenly hearing she had breast cancer, M.A., one of the authors, a nurse with discerning witness, ponders her experience of rolling stones. At the time she worked in a center dedicated to living humanbecoming with person-family-community concerned with a cancer illness. Humanbecoming paradigm was the specific discipline guiding the care in the center. Moment-to-moment, the author (M.A.) was moving with emerging meaningful experiences of having breast cancer, shapeshifting her living quality with surprising uncertainties. The humanbecoming principles structuring meaning, configuring rhythmical patterns, and cotranscending with the possibles illustrate her story with the metaphorical expression of mountains as meaningful in a Swiss novel.

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Parker, Jean. "Associate Members: A Life Worth Living." British Journal of Occupational Therapy 49, no. 11 (November 1986): 362–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/030802268604901108.

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Long-term care patients need a meaningful existence. It is our responsibility to ensure that time and energy are channelled into purposeful solutions for the disease of ‘time with nothing to do’. The author has taken up this challenge. Working as an activities organizer with the elderly for 11 years, she was determined never to take the role of a baby-sitter. The recreation unit has grown from its first eight guests to a purpose-built unit with approximately 1,500 attendances per month. A busy happy atmosphere now prevails where once there was a sea of dead faces. The choice to retain a sense of dignity and purpose should be available to all elderly patients who require long-term care.

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Baumann, Gerd, Robert F. Place, and Zeno Foldes-Papp. "Meaningful Interpretation of Subdiffusive Measurements in Living Cells (Crowded Environment) by Fluorescence Fluctuation Microscopy." Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology 11, no. 5 (August 1, 2010): 527–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138920110791591454.

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Namiba, Angelina, Luisa Orza, Susan Bewley, E. Tyler Crone, Marijo Vazquez, and Alice Welbourn. "Ethical, strategic and meaningful involvement of women living with HIV starts at the beginning." Journal of Virus Eradication 2, no. 2 (April 2016): 110–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30469-6.

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Kleiman, Evan M., and Jenna K. Beaver. "A meaningful life is worth living: Meaning in life as a suicide resiliency factor." Psychiatry Research 210, no. 3 (December 2013): 934–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2013.08.002.

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Travers, Catherine, Deborah Brooks, Sonia Hines, Maria O’Reilly, Mitchell McMaster, Wei He, Margaret MacAndrew, Elaine Fielding, Lina Karlsson, and Elizabeth Beattie. "Effectiveness of meaningful occupation interventions for people living with dementia in residential aged care." JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports 14, no. 12 (December 2016): 163–225. http://dx.doi.org/10.11124/jbisrir-2016-003230.

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Miller, Jean Louise, Sylvia Ruth Teare, Nancy Marlett, Svetlana Shklarov, and Deborah Anne Marshall. "Support for Living a Meaningful Life with Osteoarthritis: A Patient-to-Patient Research Study." Patient - Patient-Centered Outcomes Research 9, no. 5 (April 16, 2016): 457–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40271-016-0169-9.

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Arslan, Gökmen, and Murat Yıldırım. "Coronavirus stress, meaningful living, optimism, and depressive symptoms: a study of moderated mediation model." Australian Journal of Psychology 73, no. 2 (February 17, 2021): 113–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00049530.2021.1882273.

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Porosoff, Lauren. "Backtalk." Phi Delta Kappan 99, no. 2 (September 25, 2017): 80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0031721717734200.

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When doing schoolwork is framed as a precondition for achieving a particular outcome, students only feel satisfaction if and when they achieve the outcome. They might be less likely to do their work when no specific outcome is guaranteed. However, if doing schoolwork is framed as a component of living a meaningful life, students can find satisfaction in the work itself and feel motivated to keep working. Teachers can help students clarify what a meaningful life is for each of them and how their assignments contribute to meaningful lives.

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Afshari, Mohsen, and Henny Coolen. "Meaningful Sequences of Activities in Qashqai Dwellings." Open House International 40, no. 3 (September 1, 2015): 68–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ohi-03-2015-b0011.

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Sequences of activities in people’s living environments have observable features that depend on subjective and meaningful aspects in their culture and lifestyle. Spatial and temporal sequences of activities are two ways of separating or aggregating activities. The theoretical framework of this study, based on cultural viewpoints, studies the activities, spatial and temporal distances and sequences of activities and their meanings in the dwelling environment. For the purposes of this study, a case study was done in the residential environment of the Qashqai tribe. For this study, a qualitative research method with data gathering techniques such as taking pictures from the environment and activities, drawing residential units’ maps, behaviour settings diagrams and semi-structured laddering interviews was used. Analytical findings were classified as either ‘spatial sequence’ or ‘temporal sequence’ of activities. The Means-End model, representing consequences and meanings of the sequences of activities, was presented in the form of ‘Feature-Consequence-Meaning’ diagrams. The results show that the sequences of activities in ‘Qashqai’ dwelling are influenced by such meanings as ‘social status’ and ‘family privacy’. Other consequences such as ‘desirable conditions of activities occurrence’ form conditions for lifestyle habitus in dwelling. In addition to providing a theoretical framework for the study of the human-environment relationship and the presentation of activity sequence properties, the results emphasize the meaningfulness of spatial and temporal sequences of activities in dwellings.

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Lund, Nelson. "Living Originalism." Texas A&M Law Review 3, no. 1 (September 2015): 31–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.37419/lr.v3.i1.2.

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Until very recently, same-sex marriage would have been regarded as a contradiction in terms. Today, questioning the merits of this novel institution is treated as rank bigotry, and the extraordinary rapidity of the change has been widely noted. Another recent development, perhaps not unrelated, has been the marriage of originalism and living constitutionalism. As an academic theory, originalism arose to counter what was seen as lawless adventurism in the Warren and Burger Courts, displayed especially in opinions that invoked the Fourteenth Amendment without a meaningful effort to interpret its text or to show that the decisions had anything to do with the original purpose of the Amendment. As an academic theory, living constitutionalism, or noninterpretivism, arose in defense of these decisions, which were seen as worthy innovations. Advocates on both sides thought the two theories were irreconcilable. Originalists maintained that judges should respect the original meaning of the written Constitution, namely its text, read when necessary in light of its enactors’ purposes. Noninterpretivists insisted that the original meaning is often impossible to identify and frequently should not be controlling in any event. Professor Jack M. Balkin’s “living originalism” seeks to eliminate the opposition between these theories, and he is open about his agenda: “The notion that in order for liberals to believe in a living Constitution they have to reject originalism in all of its forms is the biggest canard ever foisted on them.” To adapt President Jefferson’s famous statement in his First Inaugural Address, Balkin exhorts us to agree that we are all originalists, we are all living constitutionalists. Perhaps he hopes to hasten the day when originalists meet the same fate as the Federalist Party. If so, he has already made substantial progress. This essay begins with a brief summary of the core features of Balkin’s theory. It then shows that one of his most prominent converts has abandoned originalism, mistakenly believing that Balkin has shown what originalism truly is.

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Stoeckel, Kimberly J., and Howard Litwin. "The impact of social networks on the relationship between functional impairment and depressive symptoms in older adults." International Psychogeriatrics 28, no. 1 (May 6, 2015): 39–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1041610215000538.

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ABSTRACTBackground:To examine the role of meaningful relationship characteristics, defined here as social network type, in relation to the association between functional impairment and depressive symptoms.Methods:The sample included respondents aged 65 years and older (n = 26,401) from the fourth wave of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). Respondents were classified into one of seven relationship network types (Distal Children (living at a distance), Proximal Family (living nearby), Spouse, Other Family, Friend, Other, and No Network) according to the predominant characteristics of their most meaningful relationships. A two-stage regression analysis was performed in which the number of depressive symptoms was first regressed on the extent of functional impairment and network type, controlling for sociodemographic characteristics, cognition, health, and country. In the second stage, variables representing the interactions between functional impairment and network type were considered.Results:The compositional characteristics of respondents’ relationships in later life, as defined by social network type, were associated with depressive symptoms. In particular, when experiencing functional impairment, those without any meaningful relationships were found to have more depressive symptoms when compared to all other network types. The findings underscore the importance of meaningful relationships for the mental health of older adults experiencing functional impairment as well as the risk of experiencing depression among those who maintain no personal social network.Conclusions:The study shows that differing constellations of meaningful relationships in later life yield different associations with mental health, especially when taking functional limitations into account.

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Setyo, Imroatu Sholikhati, Akhmad Fauzie, and Dewi Mahastuti. "Kebermaknaan Hidup Pada Ibu Rumah Tangga yang Terinfeksi HIV-AIDS di Kota Surabaya." Jurnal Psikologi Poseidon (Jurnal Ilmiah Psikologi dan Psikologi Kemaritiman) 1, no. 1 (July 24, 2018): 36. http://dx.doi.org/10.30649/jpp.v1i1.8.

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The purpose of this study is to understand how the process of achieving meaningful of life housewives living with HIV. The subjects in this study were two housewives PLHIV (People Living with HIV) who are already infected with HIV-AIDS for at least two years, with each one significant other. This study used a qualitative approach with descriptive case study, as well as in-depth interviews. Based on interviews and analysis of data, known when the subject was not received when it should be declared as a housewife living with HIV. Both subjects had to live life with a negative self-image on themself, because getting stigma and discrimination from society. The awareness to have a better life emerged after a meeting with other people living with HIV housewives as well as individual experts such as doctors or psychologists. The meaning of life back discovered two subjects because they have a belief in God. Of significance has been determined, the subjects begin to live life happily. Until the end of the two subjects get the results of the hard work that has been traversed.The changes do not significantly meaningful life is a process. In fact, every individual will follow the stages that exist precisely, considering each individual is a unique individual with characteristics that are owned respectively. This is what happened to the two housewives PLHIV in this study, that the process through which the meaningful of life does not follow a particular order.

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Nontell, Lisa. "Life of a Wildflower: Reimagining Meaningful Learning Through Play-Based Pedagogy." LEARNing Landscapes 14, no. 1 (June 24, 2021): 277–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.36510/learnland.v14i1.1035.

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The author explores tensions between teacher-centered styles of teaching and play-based approaches that invite students to be creators of their own learning. Through narrative inquiry, the author uses a metaphor of wildflowers growing in natural environments to explore a child-led process of learning through play that fosters creativity and deep thinking. Teaching Kindergarten for the first time, the author reflects on challenges of living “secret stories” in the classroom that differ from “sacred stories” of the school’s pedagogical practices, feeling a need to create a “cover story” to present her pedagogy as conforming, yet capable and successful.

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Wills, Peter R. "The generation of meaningful information in molecular systems." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 374, no. 2063 (March 13, 2016): 20150066. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2015.0066.

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The physico-chemical processes occurring inside cells are under the computational control of genetic (DNA) and epigenetic (internal structural) programming. The origin and evolution of genetic information (nucleic acid sequences) is reasonably well understood, but scant attention has been paid to the origin and evolution of the molecular biological interpreters that give phenotypic meaning to the sequence information that is quite faithfully replicated during cellular reproduction. The near universality and age of the mapping from nucleotide triplets to amino acids embedded in the functionality of the protein synthetic machinery speaks to the early development of a system of coding which is still extant in every living organism. We take the origin of genetic coding as a paradigm of the emergence of computation in natural systems, focusing on the requirement that the molecular components of an interpreter be synthesized autocatalytically. Within this context, it is seen that interpreters of increasing complexity are generated by series of transitions through stepped dynamic instabilities (non-equilibrium phase transitions). The early phylogeny of the amino acyl-tRNA synthetase enzymes is discussed in such terms, leading to the conclusion that the observed optimality of the genetic code is a natural outcome of the processes of self-organization that produced it.

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Franke, T., J. Sims-Gould, M. Winters, H. Chaudhury, and H. A. McKay. "“IT MAKES YOUR LIFE WORTHWHILE, IT GIVES YOU A PURPOSE IN LIVING”: MEANINGFUL MOBILITY EXPERIENCES." Innovation in Aging 1, suppl_1 (June 30, 2017): 1401. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igx004.5159.

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Farnum, Vern. "Meaningful Beginnings from Meaningless Losses: Pastoral Care with the Families of Non-Living Organ Donors." Care Giver 5, no. 1 (September 1988): 130–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10778586.1988.10781545.

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du Toit, Sanetta Henrietta Johanna, Loretta Baldassar, Christine L. Raber, Adele M. Millard, Christopher D. Etherton-Beer, Helen A. Buchanan, Daniel S. du Toit, et al. "Embracing Cultural Diversity – Leadership Perspectives on Championing Meaningful Engagement for Residents Living with Advanced Dementia." Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology 35, no. 1 (December 20, 2019): 49–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10823-019-09387-3.

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Pickens, Judith M. "Living with Serious Mental Illness: The Desire for Normalcy." Nursing Science Quarterly 12, no. 3 (July 1999): 233–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/08943189922107007.

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This article describes the desire for normalcy as experienced by 6 men and 13 women with serious mental illness based on secondary analysis of data from two previous qualitative studies. Original data were collected by structured and semi-structured interviews, and thematic analysis was done. Major categories of desire for normalcy are having normal things and experiences; doing meaningful activities; and being well, safe, free, and independent. Self-care actions to promote and maintain normalcy are identified, and findings are discussed in relation to Orem’s self-care deficit theory of nursing. Implications for nursing theory, research, and practice are addressed.

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Lapierre, Sylvie, Micheline Dubé, Léandre Bouffard, and Michel Alain. "Addressing Suicidal Ideations Through the Realization of Meaningful Personal Goals." Crisis 28, no. 1 (January 2007): 16–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910.28.1.16.

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Abstract. A personal goal intervention program was offered to early retirees aged 50 to 65 years with the objective of increasing their subjective well-being. The program was aimed at helping the participants set, plan, pursue, and realize their personal goals. A subsample of 21 participants with suicidal ideas was identified from a larger sample (N = 354) of retirees living in the community who took part in the study to evaluate the program. The experimental (n = 10) and control (n = 11) groups were compared on their answers to 16 goal and psychological well-being questionnaires. By the end of the program, the experimental group had improved significantly more than the control group on hope, goal realization process, serenity, flexibility, and positive attitude toward retirement. The levels of depression and psychological distress significantly decreased. These gains were maintained 6 months later. The positive results obtained from this study could lead to an innovative way to help people with suicidal ideations.

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Lock, Jennifer, S. Laurie Hill, and Patti Dyjur. "Living the Curriculum Review: Perspectives from Three Leaders." Articles 48, no. 1 (April 30, 2018): 118–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1050845ar.

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A requirement for quality assurance is becoming more prevalent in higher education today as institutions are being asked to demonstrate that they are providing robust, meaningful learning experiences for students. Many institutions are adopting curriculum review frameworks as part of their overall quality assurance strategy. Three leaders at various levels who were engaged in a year-long curriculum review process share reflections about their experiences and challenges while conducting an undergraduate program review. Their theoretical framework for an effective curriculum review process is shared in this paper. The leaders offer institutional, faculty, and course level insights, and make five recommendations for a collaborative curriculum review process: (1) setting clear expectations; (2) maintaining open, consistent communication; (3) incorporating multiple levels of leadership; (4) engaging various groups of stakeholders; and (5) implementing through actionable items.

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Lock, Jennifer, S. Laurie Hill, and Patti Dyjur. "Living the Curriculum Review: Perspectives from Three Leaders." Canadian Journal of Higher Education 48, no. 1 (April 30, 2018): 118–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.47678/cjhe.v48i1.187975.

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A requirement for quality assurance is becoming more prevalent in higher education today as institutions are being asked to demonstrate that they are providing robust, meaningful learning experiences for students. Many institutions are adopting curriculum review frameworks as part of their overall quality assurance strategy. Three leaders at various levels who were engaged in a year-long curriculum review process share reflections about their experiences and challenges while conducting an undergraduate program review. Their theoretical framework for an effective curriculum review process is shared in this paper. The leaders offer institutional, faculty, and course level insights, and make five recommendations for a collaborative curriculum review process: (1) setting clear expectations; (2) maintaining open, consistent communication; (3) incorporating multiple levels of leadership; (4) engaging various groups of stakeholders; and (5) implementing through actionable items.

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Lindsay, Sally, Elaine Cagliostro, and Laura McAdam. "Meaningful occupations of young adults with muscular dystrophy and other neuromuscular disorders." Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy 86, no. 4 (May 16, 2019): 277–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0008417419832466.

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Background. Youth with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and other neuromuscular disorders are living well into adulthood and often need help engaging in meaningful occupations. Purpose. Our purpose was to explore enablers and barriers to engaging in meaningful occupations, from the perspectives of youth, parents, and practitioners. Method. This qualitative study involved 26 participants (11 parents, eight youth ages 19 to 28 [mean = 22.3 years], seven practitioners). Data were obtained from semistructured interviews and analyzed using an interpretive descriptive approach. Findings. Youth with DMD and neuromuscular disorders engage in meaningful occupations in a variety of ways. Occupational enablers were supports and accommodations and self-care skills and coping strategies, while occupational barriers involved societal expectations of a normative adulthood, discrimination and inaccessible environments, lack of supports and resources, medical challenges, fatigue, lack of motivation, and social isolation and depression. Implications. Practitioners should work to uncover what youth consider important and connect them to appropriate resources so they can engage in meaningful occupations.

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Bedaf, Sandra, Gert Jan Gelderblom, Dag Sverre Syrdal, Hagen Lehmann, Hervé Michel, David Hewson, Farshid Amirabdollahian, Kerstin Dautenhahn, and Luc de Witte. "Which activities threaten independent living of elderly when becoming problematic: inspiration for meaningful service robot functionality." Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 9, no. 6 (October 2013): 445–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17483107.2013.840861.

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Murphy, Susanne. "Book Review: Meaningful living across the lifespan: Occupation-based intervention strategies for occupational therapists and scientists." Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy 83, no. 1 (October 22, 2015): 13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0008417415608489.

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Whyte, Colleen, and Darla Fortune. "Natural leisure spaces in long-term care homes: challenging assumptions about successful aging through meaningful living." Annals of Leisure Research 20, no. 1 (May 10, 2016): 7–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11745398.2016.1175954.

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