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Associations between Hero's Journey Scale (HJS) and Meaning in Life ratings in Study 1, Study 2 and Supplementary Study 4. Lines and shaded regions represent regression lines with standard errors. Note: Meaning in life ratings came from four different measures (Study 1: Costin & Vignoles, 2020; Study 2: McGregor & Little, 1998; Supplementary Study 4 (MLM) Morgan & Farsides, 2009; Supplementary Study 4 (MLQ-P): Steger et al., 2006
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Meaning in life is tied to the stories people tell about their lives. We explore whether one timeless story—the Hero’s Journey—might make people’s lives feel more meaningful. This enduring story appears across history and cultures, and provides a template for ancient myths (e.g., Beowulf) and blockbuster books and movies (e.g., Harry Potter). Eight...
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... < .001), as shown in Figure 3. Seeing life as a Hero's Journey also positively predicted the individual components of MIL: significance (ß = .65, ...
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... expected, results revealed that the HJS was associated with many psychological benefits, including higher well-being, higher life satisfaction, and lower rates of depression. Additionally, as shown in Figure 3 with others likely involves some self-censoring out of social desirability concerns ( Pasupathi et al., 2009), the way people tell their life story is colored by their own values and identity, even when told informally (McAdams, 2001). In this study we had coders rate participants' life stories for their similarity to the Hero's Journey, allowing us to test (1) whether people who perceive their lives as similar to a Hero's Journey tell their stories as one, and (2) if telling one's story as a Hero's Journey also predicts perceptions of meaning in life. ...
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... eight studies and six supplementary studies, we found that Hero's Journey narratives predicted meaning in life. We began by distilling the Hero's Journey into its basic narrative elements and constructing a psychological measure using these elements ( Supplementary Studies 1-3). Next, in Studies 1-3, we tested our first prediction that there is an association between the Hero's Journey narrative and meaning in life. ...
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... < .001), as shown in Figure 3. Seeing life as a Hero's Journey also positively predicted the individual components of MIL: significance (ß = .65, ...
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... expected, results revealed that the HJS was associated with many psychological benefits, including higher well-being, higher life satisfaction, and lower rates of depression. Additionally, as shown in Figure 3 with others likely involves some self-censoring out of social desirability concerns ( Pasupathi et al., 2009), the way people tell their life story is colored by their own values and identity, even when told informally (McAdams, 2001). In this study we had coders rate participants' life stories for their similarity to the Hero's Journey, allowing us to test (1) whether people who perceive their lives as similar to a Hero's Journey tell their stories as one, and (2) if telling one's story as a Hero's Journey also predicts perceptions of meaning in life. ...
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... eight studies and six supplementary studies, we found that Hero's Journey narratives predicted meaning in life. We began by distilling the Hero's Journey into its basic narrative elements and constructing a psychological measure using these elements ( Supplementary Studies 1-3). Next, in Studies 1-3, we tested our first prediction that there is an association between the Hero's Journey narrative and meaning in life. ...
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