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Is it Time to Consider Meaning in Life as a Public Policy Priority?

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A substantial body of research has grown around the thesis that meaning in life is vital to psychological health and well-being. The majority of this research has focused on individual well-being, whether people feel happy and relatively free of psychological disorders and mental distress. Across hundreds of studies, meaning in life has been linked to lower distress and impairment and greater well-being and achievement, and this set of findings extends to physical health as well. Further, there is a small number of studies indicating that people who report greater meaning in life are better relationship partners, neighbors, and citizens. This article reviews some of this research and asks the question, if meaning in life is associated with better individual health and well-being as well as with better citizenship should societies direct effort to monitoring—and perhaps facilitating—meaning in life as a matter of public policy. The article explores how meaning-focused public policy might proceed, and concludes by asserting that systematic measurement of meaning in life across nations is necessary to build the evidence needed to inform meaning-supportive public policy.

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A substantial body of research has grown around the thesis that meaning in life is vital to psychological health and well-being. The majority of this research has focused on individual well-being, whether people feel happy and relatively free of psychological disorders and mental distress. Across hundreds of studies, meaning in life has been linked to lower distress and impairment and greater well-being and achievement, and this set of findings extends to physical health as well. Further, there is a small number of studies indicating that people who report greater meaning in life are better relationship partners, neighbors, and citizens. This article reviews some of this research and asks the question, if meaning in life is associated with better individual health and well-being as well as with better citizenship should societies direct effort to monitoring—and perhaps facilitating—meaning in life as a matter of public policy. The article explores how meaning-focused public policy might proceed, and concludes by asserting that systematic measurement of meaning in life across nations is necessary to build the evidence needed to inform meaning-supportive public policy.

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