How to use it
Across hundreds of studies, a sense of spirituality and meaning went with higher life satisfaction, and with less depression in young people. It's correlational, and the long-term effect is small. Meaning is something you practise (prayer, meditation, gratitude, a daily "why"), not a label you wear.
How sure we are
S Evidence: strong. Large trials or many studies, pointing the same way.
Sources
Yaden et al. 2022 (256 studies) · Yonker et al. 2012 · Aggarwal et al. 2023 · Garssen et al. 2020.
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