Relationship Between Meaning in Life and Resilience: A Longitudinal Study and a Randomised Controlled Trial Intervention

IF 3.3 3区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

International Journal of Psychology Pub Date : 2025-07-10 DOI:10.1002/ijop.70077

Danfeng Li, Xuan Geng, Xingru Yan, Shuyi Gao

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Abstract

This study adopted a longitudinal study and a randomised controlled trial intervention to explore the causal mechanisms between meaning in life (MIL) and resilience. Study 1, which follows 175 adults at 6-month intervals and performs cross-lagged analyses, revealed that pretested MIL, especially meaning experience, was a significantly positive predictor of posttested resilience. However, pretested resilience was not a significant predictor of posttested MIL. Study 2 involved a randomised controlled intervention with 131 adults using the meaning photography method. The photo-writing and photo-taking groups showed a significant increase in overall MIL after the 7-day intervention, which also has an interventional effect on resilience. This impact remained stable for 1 month in both groups. Moreover, the photo-writing group's total scores for MIL and resilience were significantly higher than those of the control group in the posttest. Meanwhile, the meaning experience posttest scores of the photo-taking group are significantly higher than the pretest; however, no significant difference was observed in the pre-and posttest scores for meaning-seeking in these three groups. This study demonstrates the causal relation between MIL and resilience as well as the unique role of experience in enhancing resilience.

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生活意义与弹性的关系：一项纵向研究和随机对照试验干预

本研究采用纵向研究与随机对照试验相结合的干预方法，探讨生活意义与心理弹性之间的因果机制。研究1对175名成年人进行了为期6个月的随访，并进行了交叉滞后分析，结果显示，前测的MIL，尤其是意义体验，是后测弹性的显著正预测因子。然而，预测韧性并不是后测MIL的显著预测因子。研究2采用意义摄影法对131名成年人进行随机对照干预。在7天的干预后，写照组和拍照组的总体MIL显著增加，这对心理弹性也有干预作用。这种影响在两组中保持稳定1个月。此外，照片写作组在后测的MIL和弹性总分显著高于对照组。同时，拍照组意义体验后测得分显著高于前测；然而，三组在意义寻求的测试前和测试后得分没有显著差异。本研究论证了心理健康与心理弹性之间的因果关系，以及经验在心理弹性增强中的独特作用。

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International Journal of Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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