A Literature Review on the Definition of Life Purpose in Adolescence

Authors

  • Letícia Lovato Dellazzana-Zanon UFRGS
  • Lia Beatriz de Lucca Freitas UFRGS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v19i2.35218

Keywords:

life purpose, adolescence, literature review, development

Abstract

The aim in this research was to undertake a literature review of empirical studies about life purpose in adolescence produced between the years 2000 and 2012 to investigate whether researchers interested in the topic have or not a definition of life purpose and, if so, what are these definitions. The search for articles was done in the Virtual Health Library and in the PsychNet of American Psychological Association. Only papers fully available online were considered. Twenty-two papers were identified. The results indicated that most of the studies (63.6%) does not provide an explicit definition of life purpose. When this occurs, it was observed a variety of definitions. However, there were some commonalities among the considerations of life purpose in the papers.

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Published

2016-10-11

How to Cite

Dellazzana-Zanon, L. L., & Freitas, L. B. de L. (2016). A Literature Review on the Definition of Life Purpose in Adolescence. Interação Em Psicologia, 19(2). https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v19i2.35218

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 2 (2015)

Section

Critical Literature Reviews

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