Relationship Between Meaning in Life and Resilience: A Longitudinal Study and a Randomised Controlled Trial
Danfeng Li1, Xuan Geng1, Xingru Yan1
1School of Sociology and Psychology, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China.
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This study adopted a longitudinal study and a randomised controlled trial intervention to explore the causal mechanisms between meaning in life (MIL) and resilience. Study 1, which follows 175 adults at 6-month intervals and performs cross-lagged analyses, revealed that pretested MIL, especially meaning experience, was a significantly positive predictor of posttested resilience. However, pretested resilience was not a significant predictor of posttested MIL. Study 2 involved a randomised controlled intervention with 131 adults using the meaning photography method. The photo-writing and photo-taking groups showed a significant increase in overall MIL after the 7-day intervention, which also has an interventional effect on resilience. This impact remained stable for 1 month in both groups. Moreover, the photo-writing group's total scores for MIL and resilience were significantly higher than those of the control group in the posttest. Meanwhile, the meaning experience posttest scores of the photo-taking group are significantly higher than the pretest; however, no significant difference was observed in the pre-and posttest scores for meaning-seeking in these three groups. This study demonstrates the causal relation between MIL and resilience as well as the unique role of experience in enhancing resilience.
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