7.7 Summary

In this unit you learned that having a sense of meaning and purpose can offer many benefits to help to boost your wellbeing.

You have attempted to identify the meaning and purpose in your life and explored how you can encourage your family to be able to recognise their own meaning and purpose.

Now go to Unit 8: Conclusion [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] , where we review the course.

References

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Roepke, A.M., Jayawickreme, E. & Riffle, O.M. (2014) 'Meaning and health: A systematic review', Applied Research in Quality of Life, 9(4), 1055–1079.

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