The article, Meaningfulness as A Meditator of Subjective Well-Being, of William Compton analyzes the correlation between canonical variate and variable. In other words, Compton shows the correlation between various independent variables including the meaningfulness and the dependent variables which are happiness, life satisfaction, and affect balance. Compton, then, through this investigation of 347 people, figured out that the happiness and the life satisfaction are the correlated with meaningfulness. The whole experiment is not necessary, but among eight different independent variables, the meaningfulness conspicuously records the highest score on all dependent variables. Through that, the article clearly demonstrates the positive correlation
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Composed of two subscales, Framework and Fulfilment, The LRI was able to be assessed with 28-items questionnaire in the four-point scales ranging from very satisfied to no that satisfied or happy. Eventually, with an useful instrument, the scholars did not find which objective is the meaning of life but made an interesting discover that the construct of meaning in life has relevance in its influence on general and psychological well-being (Debats, Drost, and Prartho 373). This finding grants another supports on the world, one of the main objectives in my research question. Also, not only by the result and the authors’ thought about the study but also by the process of the study which comparing experienced meaningfulness and meaninglessness of the world and religiosity, it is quite clear that this study shows the world is better objective in a sense of making individual’s life …show more content…
However, rather approaching to the question with only philosophical approach, he shows distinctive way of approaching to the question by linking to various subject areas such as psychology, neuroscience, and religious thought. Defining extending love, work, and play are the well-being in one’s life, Thagard’s answer relies more secularly than religiously. Thagard argues that finding one’s personal and regional goal is “emotionally valued neural representations of imagined states of the world and self” (Thagard 149), and extension of love, work, and play are not only defined as the meaning but also specified term of meaning. Hence, the goal is technically broader term of meaning. By reading The Brain and The Meaning of Life, it is important to note that Thagard did not even consider the religion as the possible factor that makes life worth living. From this, I could assume that Thagard may think that the religion supports individual’s life to be more satisfied but is not the major factor to be
Composed of two subscales, Framework and Fulfilment, The LRI was able to be assessed with 28-items questionnaire in the four-point scales ranging from very satisfied to no that satisfied or happy. Eventually, with an useful instrument, the scholars did not find which objective is the meaning of life but made an interesting discover that the construct of meaning in life has relevance in its influence on general and psychological well-being (Debats, Drost, and Prartho 373). This finding grants another supports on the world, one of the main objectives in my research question. Also, not only by the result and the authors’ thought about the study but also by the process of the study which comparing experienced meaningfulness and meaninglessness of the world and religiosity, it is quite clear that this study shows the world is better objective in a sense of making individual’s life …show more content…
However, rather approaching to the question with only philosophical approach, he shows distinctive way of approaching to the question by linking to various subject areas such as psychology, neuroscience, and religious thought. Defining extending love, work, and play are the well-being in one’s life, Thagard’s answer relies more secularly than religiously. Thagard argues that finding one’s personal and regional goal is “emotionally valued neural representations of imagined states of the world and self” (Thagard 149), and extension of love, work, and play are not only defined as the meaning but also specified term of meaning. Hence, the goal is technically broader term of meaning. By reading The Brain and The Meaning of Life, it is important to note that Thagard did not even consider the religion as the possible factor that makes life worth living. From this, I could assume that Thagard may think that the religion supports individual’s life to be more satisfied but is not the major factor to be