Typy struktury sensu życia a treści celów wybieranych do realizacji
Types of structure of meaning of life and the content of goals set for accomplishment

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article is to analyze associations between the meaning of life and the content of goals set for accomplishment. This is an attempt to combine two psychological perspectives: existential and cognitive. The experience of meaning in life was described by means of four types reflecting both the need for and the sense of meaning. The content of goals was specified in terms of seven categories. Empirical research was carried out on a group of 143 adults. The meaning of life was assessed using two tests, based on Frankl’s theory – Crumbaugh and Maholick’s PIL and Crumbaugh’s SONG. The content of goals was defined by participants themselves in a survey they filled in. In statistical analysis, the non-parametric statistic (2) was used to identify differences in the number of goals with different content between the types of structure of meaning of life.

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