The Psychology of Ultimate Concerns

This volume makes a powerful case for the inclusion of ultimate concerns - spiritual and religious themes in personal strivings - in an attempt to build a motivational theory of personality. The book first reviews the growing body of empirical and clinical literature on goal seeking and its relationship to subjective well-being, life satisfaction, and personality description. Emmons then sets forth an innovative framework for the assessment and measurement of ultimate concerns.

Robert A. Emmons, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Davis.

Personal Goals: An Approach to Personality and Subjective Well-Being
Introduction: Motivation and Spirituality in Personality	p. 3
Personal Goals as Units of Analysis	p. 15
Personal Goals and Subjective Well-Being	p. 43
Goal Conflict and Personality Fragmentation	p. 67
Spirituality, Goals, and Intelligence
Spiritual Strivings as Ultimate Concerns	p. 89
From Goal to Whole: Spiritual Strivings and Personality Integration	p. 113
Personal Goals and Life Meaning	p. 137
Spiritual Intelligence: Toward a Theory of Personality and Spirituality	p. 157
Personal Striving Assessment Packet	p. 181
Personal Striving Coding Manual	p. 191
References	p. 201
Index	p. 224
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The Psychology of Ultimate Concerns Motivation and Spirituality in Personality

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