The Psychology of Ultimate Concerns: Motivation and Spirituality in Personality

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Guilford Press, Jul 16, 2003 - Psychology - 230 pages
This volume makes a powerful case for the inclusion of ultimate concerns - spiritual and religious themes in personal strivings - in an attempt to build a motivational theory of personality. The book first reviews the growing body of empirical and clinical literature on goal seeking and its relationship to subjective well-being, life satisfaction, and personality description. Emmons then sets forth an innovative framework for the assessment and measurement of ultimate concerns.
 

Contents

Introduction Motivation and Spirituality in Personality
3
Personal Goals as Units of Analysis
15
Personal Goals and Subjective WellBeing
43
Goal Conflict and Personality Fragmentation
67
SPIRITUALITY GOALS AND INTELLIGENCE
87
Spiritual Strivings as Ultimate Concerns
89
From Goal to Whole Spiritual Strivings and Personality Integration
113
Personal Goals and Life Meaning
137
Spiritual Intelligence Toward a Theory of Personality and Spirituality
157
Personal Striving Assessment Packet
181
Personal Striving Coding Manual
191
References
201
Index
224
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About the author (2003)

Robert A. Emmons, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Davis.

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