Project Description

Meaning in life is a key component of psychological wellbeing, yet little cross-cultural research has been done into the qualitative lived-experience of it. This project intends to investigate how people in different demographic groups experience the psychological concept of meaning in life.



The first section of this survey asks for demographic information such as age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, etc. Sections two and three ask you to rate statements relating to meaning in life and wellbeing. Section four asks open-ended questions about your personal experiences of meaning in life. At the end of this survey you will be asked if you want to participate in the next stage of this project.



If you do want to participate in the next stage of this research, you will be invited to answer an additional online survey and attend an optional informal interview which will last between 30 and 60 minutes in which you will be asked to discuss times in your life which you have felt contributed to a sense of meaning in your life. Your answers to this survey do not represent an obligation and you are free to change your mind or withdraw from the study at any time.



This survey should take no longer than 30 minutes to complete.