Positive social connections are integral to people's experience of meaning in their lives. As
such, social isolation can make life seem meaningless. Chan, Michalak, and Ybarra (2019�…

Objective Social relationships supply purpose to life. How can socially disconnected people,
who show lower levels of purpose, compensate for purpose in life? We propose that�…

Past research has established that personal religiosity is positively associated with a sense
of meaning in life. However, it has largely overlooked how religious others influence one's�…

One longitudinal and four cross-sectional studies (total N= 3,141) tested two candidate
explanations for the association between religiousness and perceived meaning in life�…

Although a variety of studies have found robust links between religious/spiritual (r/s) struggle
and poorer well-being, only a few have examined the means by which r/s struggle affects�…

There is systematic and quantitative evidence that religious commitment is associated with
indicators of well-being, such as positive emotions and moods, absence of negative�…

The primary aim of the current studies was to test whether religiousness interacted with self‐
reported levels of meaning in life (MIL) to predict the ease or difficulty in judging one's MIL�…

Although many studies have explored the salutary associations between multiple
dimensions of religiousness and psychological well-being, a smaller body of work has�…

A vast literature suggests favorable links between religiosity and mental health. Yet, the
concept of “mattering” is an underexplored concept in the sociology of religion. Using a�…

Meaning in life is a component of psychological health. Religion is a robust source of
meaning; religiosity is positively associated with meaning and threats to meaning increase�…