Date on Master's Thesis/Doctoral Dissertation
8-2024
Document Type
Doctoral Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph. D.
Department
Counseling and Human Development
Degree Program
Counseling and Personnel Services, PhD
Committee Chair
Mitchell, Amanda
Committee Member
Pössel, Patric
Committee Member
Hartson, Kimberly
Committee Member
Immekus, Jason
Author's Keywords
wellbeing; emerging adults; meaning in life; presence of meaning in life; strengths; financial stress
Abstract
Emerging adults face numerous challenges and stressors, such as financial stress, which often accompanies the experience of educational and occupational transitions. As such, it is important to identify personal resources, or protective factors, to help emerging adults buffer the experience of financial stress. Presence of meaning in life has been identified as a resource that can buffer the negative effects of stressors on wellbeing among adults and adolescents, yet there is little empirical evidence for its moderating effect among emerging adults. There is some evidence in the literature that suggests that emerging adults experience presence of meaning in life differently than adults and adolescents, which necessitates further study examining the relationship between presence of meaning and wellbeing among this population in particular. The current study examined the buffering effect of presence of meaning in life on the financial stress-wellbeing relationship among two samples of emerging adults. While there was no significant moderation, results of a double cross-validation procedure revealed that there is evidence of the positive relationship between presence of meaning and wellbeing, as well as the negative relationship between financial stress and wellbeing.
Recommended Citation
Heitz, Hannah K., "Examining the role of presence of meaning in life on wellbeing in emerging adulthood." (2024). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 4423.
Retrieved from https://ir.library.louisville.edu/etd/4423
