We review research on the role of nostalgia in supporting the ability to find, maintain, and
restore meaning in life. We consider evidence that nostalgia promotes aintaining and …

Meaning in life is vital for human wellbeing. Research has examined important sources of
meaning: however, it has not yet investigated whether certain sources of meaning might be …

In this chapter, I review the literature on motivated identity construction, drawing together
insights and evidence from diverse theoretical perspectives, and I propose the foundations …

Much existential philosophical theorizing and experimental psychological research is
consistent with the notion that people experience arousal when committed beliefs are …

A meta-analysis was conducted on empirical trials investigating the mortality salience (MS)
hypothesis of terror management theory (TMT). TMT postulates that investment in cultural …

Paloutzian (experimental and social psychology, Westmont College) and Park (psychology,
U. of Connecticut) provide a 33-chapter handbook on the psychology of religion and …

Across eras and literatures, multiple theories have converged on a broad psychological
phenomenon: the common compensation behaviors that follow from violations of our …

From a terror management theory (TMT) perspective, religion serves to manage the potential
terror engendered by the uniquely human awareness of death by affording a sense of …

As science continues to progress, attitudes toward science seem to become ever more
polarized. Whereas some put their faith in science, others routinely reject and dismiss …

This article is about how people make sense of life and focuses on one core threat that may
play a pivotal role in people's lives as existential meaning makers: personal uncertainty …