Proceedings of the Meaning in Life International Conference 2022 - Cultivating, Promoting, and Enhancing Meaning in Life Across Cultures and Life Span (MIL 2022)

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Christian Faith Enhances Meaning in Life

Authors
Tin-cheung Chan1, 2, *, Fai Kong1
1The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
2Christian Association for the Psychology of Religion Ltd., Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
*Corresponding author. Email: tincheungchan@gmail.com
Corresponding Author
Tin-cheung Chan
Available Online 27 December 2022.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-096-1_15How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Meaning in Life; Goal facilitation; Goal conflict; Goal-self coherence; Spirituality; Christian faith
Abstract

Meaning in life is vital in human life. From the literature, meaning in life is closely related to goal-reaching. Religion, the Christian faith, in particular, has been found to enhance meaning in life. Could the pursuit of religious goals reduce the conflict and thus increase the coherence between goals and between goals and self, resulting in such enhancement? We tested this hypothesis in an experiment. Four hundred eighty-eight participants, composed of Protestants, Catholics, and Non-religious, filled in a questionnaire. We used Purpose in Life (PIL) to measure meaning in life and the Matrix Technique to measure goal facilitation and conflict. Goal-self coherence was measured by the agreement between goals and self-identity, commitment, manageability, and value-satisfaction. Correlational analysis, ANOVA, and regression were used to analyze the data. Results showed that Protestants have a higher goal and goal-self coherence and thus have a higher meaning in life.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the Meaning in Life International Conference 2022 - Cultivating, Promoting, and Enhancing Meaning in Life Across Cultures and Life Span (MIL 2022)
Series
Atlantis Highlights in Social Sciences, Education and Humanities
Publication Date
27 December 2022
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10.2991/978-94-6463-096-1_15
ISSN
2667-128X
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-096-1_15How to use a DOI?
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© 2022 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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