The Psychology of Ultimate Concerns
Subtitle: Motivation and Spirituality in Personality
Publisher: The Guilford Press; Guilford Press
Published: June 7, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9781572304567
Subjects: Cognition & cognitive psychology; Philosophy of religion; The self, ego, identity, personality; Personality; Applied Psychology; Psychology; Self-actualization (Psychology); Clinical Psychology; Mental Health; Psychology & Psychiatry / Clinical Psychology; Social Psychology; Goal (Psychology); Happiness; Motivation (Psychology); Self-actualization (Psychology
Description: "What gives meaning to life? Of all the aims that people strive for, which ones really matter? Proposing that personal goals are what make life meaningful, valuable, and worth living, this volume explores the role played by spirituality and religion in investing goals with significance.".

"Bringing to the fore a profound aspect of many people's lives that is often neglected by scientific investigators, this book will be read with interest by students and scholars of personality, motivation, health psychology, the psychology of religion, and theology, as well as practitioners and students of counseling and psychotherapy. It serves as a unique primary or supplemental text in graduate-level courses."--BOOK JACKET.