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Personality and purpose of life: the moderating role of existential emptiness in the link of ontological perception of time and search for meaning in life
| Resumo: | In this paper, we analyzed the relationship between personality traits and some existential variables (meaning in life, search for meaning, and ontological perception of time). Moreover, we examined the effect of ontological perception of time (past, present, and future) on the search for meaning and tested the moderating effect of existential emptiness in this relationship. Participants were 195 Brazilians aged between 18 and 58 years, predominantly female, and single. Results showed that neuroticism was positively correlated with existential emptiness and the search for meaning. In addition, the meaning in life was positively correlated with extroversion, conscientiousness, openness to experience, and agreeableness and negatively correlated with neuroticism. The moderating role of existential emptiness in the relationship between ontological perception of time and the search for meaning was also confirmed. |
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| Autores principais: | Silva, W. A. D. |
| Outros Autores: | Alves, Guylherme Barbosa Siqueira; Loureto, Gleidson Diego Lopes |
| Assunto: | Big Five Existential emptiness Ontological perception of time Search for meaning in life |
| Ano: | 2024 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
| Resumo: | In this paper, we analyzed the relationship between personality traits and some existential variables (meaning in life, search for meaning, and ontological perception of time). Moreover, we examined the effect of ontological perception of time (past, present, and future) on the search for meaning and tested the moderating effect of existential emptiness in this relationship. Participants were 195 Brazilians aged between 18 and 58 years, predominantly female, and single. Results showed that neuroticism was positively correlated with existential emptiness and the search for meaning. In addition, the meaning in life was positively correlated with extroversion, conscientiousness, openness to experience, and agreeableness and negatively correlated with neuroticism. The moderating role of existential emptiness in the relationship between ontological perception of time and the search for meaning was also confirmed. |
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