The Psychology of Ultimate Concerns: Motivation and Spirituality in PersonalityThis 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 |
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The Psychology of Ultimate Concerns: Motivation and Spirituality in Personality Robert A. Emmons No preview available - 2003 |
The Psychology of Ultimate Concerns: Motivation and Spirituality in Personality Robert A. Emmons No preview available - 1999 |
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