caa a22 4500 463218000 CHVBK 20180405153203.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10902-006-9011-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10902-006-9011-8 Stability and specificity of meaning in life and life satisfaction over one year [Elektronische Daten] [Michael Steger, Todd Kashdan] Meaning in life and life satisfaction are both important variables in well-being research. Whereas an appreciable body of work suggests that life satisfaction is fairly stable over long periods of time, little research has investigated the stability of meaning in life ratings. In addition, it is unknown whether these highly correlated variables change independent of each other over time. Eighty-two participants (mean age=19.3years, SD 1.4; 76% female; 84% European-American) completed measures of the presence of meaning in life, the search for meaning in life, and life satisfaction an average of 13months apart (SD=2.3months). Moderate stability was found for presence of meaning in life, search for meaning in life, and life satisfaction. Multiple regressions demonstrated specificity in predicting change among these measures. Support for validity and reliability of these variables is discussed. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2006 life satisfaction nationallicence meaning in life nationallicence test-retest reliability nationallicence well-being nationallicence Steger Michael Educational and Counseling Psychology, University of Louisville, Room 308, Louisville, KY, USA aut Kashdan Todd George Mason University, 4400 University drive, Fairfax, VA, USA aut Journal of Happiness Studies Kluwer Academic Publishers 8/2(2007-06-01), 161-179 1389-4978 8:2<161 2007 8 10902 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-006-9011-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-006-9011-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Steger Michael Educational and Counseling Psychology, University of Louisville, Room 308, Louisville, KY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kashdan Todd George Mason University, 4400 University drive, Fairfax, VA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Happiness Studies Kluwer Academic Publishers 8/2(2007-06-01), 161-179 1389-4978 8:2<161 2007 8 10902 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer