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Chronic Lack of meaning and purpose: Empirically derived definitions and clinical implications

2023-10-21

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<p>AbstractOBJECTIVESLife is experienced as without meaning and/or purpose across multiple clinical presentations. Tripartite theories divide the literature into meaning as comprehension/coherence, as purpose and as significance/mattering. However, the field remains divided about what meaning in life actually is, due to the continuing lack of empirically derived definitions to guide research and clinical practice....

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