Handbook of the Science of Existential Psychology

Edited by Kenneth E. Vail III, Daryl R. Van Tongeren, Rebecca J. Schlegel, Jeff Greenberg, Laura A. King, and Richard M. Ryan

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Kevin Aho, PhD, Department of Communication and Philosophy, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL

Benjamin J. Anjewierden, MA, Department of Psychology, Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata, CA

Jamie Arndt, PhD, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

Stephanie A. Barrientos, MS, Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Jack J. Bauer, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH

Roy F. Baumeister, PhD, Department of Psychology, Constructor University Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Elif Bilal, MS, Department of Psychology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

Karolina Bonarska, MA, Doctoral School in Social Sciences and Philosophy Faculty, Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Adam Buben, PhD, Leiden University College, Leiden University, The Hague, The Netherlands

Jakub Cacek, MA, Doctoral School in Social Sciences and Philosophy Faculty, Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Nathan N. Cheek, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Thomas B. Coulson II, MA, Division of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA

Emily P. Courtney, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, and Department of Health Outcomes and Behavior, Division of Population Science, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL

Philip J. Cozzolino, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, Division of Perceptual Studies, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA

Michael A. Day, BS, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Isabella L. Di Lauro, MA, Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Jonathan Dinsmore, MS, Department of Psychology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

Gerald Echterhoff, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Munster, Munster, Germany

Megan E. Edwards, PhD, Duke Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC

Julie J. Exline, PhD, Division of Perceptual Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Christopher M. Falco, MA, Division of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA

Roxanne N. Felig, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

Kevin Flores, BA, Department of Psychology, California State University, Bakersfield, CA

Natalie Fraser, DCPsych, private practice, London, United Kingdom

Immo Fritsche, PhD, Wilhelm Wundt Institute for Psychology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany

Amber M. Gaffney, PhD, Department of Psychology, Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata, CA

Luke W. Galen, PhD, Department of Psychology, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI

Madhwa S. Galgali, MA, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

Alexis N. Goad, MA, Psychology Department, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Timothy J. Golden, JD, PhD, Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA

Jamie L. Goldenberg, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

Jeffrey D. Green, PhD, Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Jeff Greenberg, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Bruce Greyson, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, Division of Perceptual Studies, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA

Jenny M. Groarke, PhD, School of Psychology, University of Galway, Galway, Republic of Ireland

Roosa Haimila, PhD, Department of Cultures, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Andrew H. Hales, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

Joseph Hayes, PhD, Department of Psychology, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, Canada

Steven J. Heine, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Peter J. Helm, PhD, Department of Psychology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

Fabian M. Hess, MSc, Institute of Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany

Joshua A. Hicks, PhD, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Sophie Höfer, MA, Department of Metaphysics and Philosophical Anthropology, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Louis Hoffman, PhD, Rocky Mountain Humanistic Counseling and Psychological Association, Colorado Springs, CO

Ian Hohm, MA, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Erica A. Holberg, PhD, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

Ralph W. Hood, Jr., PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN

Gabrielle C. Ibasco, BA, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Eric R. Igou, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Limerick, Limerick, Republic of Ireland

Joshua J. Jackson, PhD, Department of Psychological and Brain Science, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

Theopia R. Jackson, PhD, Humanistic Clinical Psychology Department, Saybrook University, Pasadena, CA

Elizabeth A. Janey, MA, Psychology Department, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Stephen Kearns, DPhil, Department of Philosophy, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

Lucas A. Keefer, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS

Amy P. Kenny, BS, Psychology Department, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

Kathryn M. Kincaid, MS, Department of Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Laura A. King, PhD, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

Malgorzata Kossowska, PhD, Philosophy Faculty, Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Jaime L. Kurtz, PhD, Department of Psychology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA

Mark J. Landau, PhD, Psychology Department, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

Caroline C. Lapish, BS, Department of Psychology, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH

Uri Lifshin, PhD, Department of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

Sarahi Lopez Amaro, BA, Department of Psychology, California State University, Bakersfield, CA

Paul K. Lutz, MA, Department of Psychology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Dylan R. Marsh, MS, Psychology Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Frank Martela, PhD, School of Science, Aalto University, Aalto, Finland

Andre Martinez, BA, Department of Psychology, California State University, Bakersfield, CA

Matteo Masi, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Munster, Munster, Germany, and Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

Michael B. Mask, BA, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Molly Maxfield, PhD, Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ

Dan P. McAdams, PhD, Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Ian McGregor, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

Phoebe E. McKenna-Plumley, PhD, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK

Alfred R. Mele, PhD, Department of Philosophy, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

Rachel E. Menzies, PhD, School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Mario Mikulincer, PhD, Department of Psychology and Israel Center for Addiction and Mental Health, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

Raffaella Misuraca, PhD, Atkinson Graduate School of Management, Willamette University, Salem, OR

Sarah Mohammadi, MSc, Department of Psychology, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

Andrew B. Moynihan, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Limerick, Limerick, Republic of Ireland

Ryan Murphy, BS, Department of Psychology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA

Lydia M. Needy, MS, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

David B. Newman, PhD, Department of Psychology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA

Georg Northoff, PhD, MD, Department of Medicine, Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Ed O’Brien, PhD, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Julianna Ochoa-Peralta, BA, Department of Psychology, California State University, Bakersfield, CA

Muireann K. O’Dea, PhD candidate, Department of Social, Environmental, and Economic Psychology, RPTU University of Kaiserslautern-Landau, Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany

Gabriele Oettingen, PhD, Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY

Shigehiro Oishi, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Roman Palitsky, PhD, Emory Spiritual Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Kenneth I. Pargament, PhD, Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH

Crystal L. Park, PhD, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

Derk Pereboom, PhD, Department of Philosophy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Tom Pyszczynski, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO

Markus Quirin, PhD, Department of Medicine and Health, TU Munich, Munich, Germany, and Department of Psychology, PFH Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany

David E. Rast III, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Elena Reutskaja, PhD, Marketing Department, IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain

Grace N. Rivera, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Mississippi, University, MS

Tomi-Ann Roberts, PhD, Department of Psychology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO

Benjamin D. Rosenberg, PhD, Psychology Department, Dominican University of California, San Rafael, CA

Zachary K. Rothschild, PhD, Psychology Department, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME

Pninit Russo-Netzer, PhD, Department of Psychology, Achva Academic College, Israel

Richard M. Ryan, PhD, Institute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University, North Sydney, Australia, and College of Education, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea

William S. Ryan, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Carol D. Ryff, PhD, Department of Psychology and Institute on Aging, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI

Young-Ju Ryu, MA, Psychology Department, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

Rebecca J. Schlegel, PhD, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Toni Schmader, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Harrison J. Schmitt, PhD, Department of Psychology, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY

Kirk J. Schneider, PhD, Existential Humanistic Institute, San Francisco, California, and Saybrook University, Pasadena, CA

Stefan E. Schulenberg, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Mississippi, University, MS

Constantine Sedikides, PhD, School of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

Ashley D. Seeling, MA, Department of Psychology, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH

Elizabeth Seto, PhD, Department of Psychology, Colby College, Waterville, ME

Phillip R. Shaver, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, CA

Kennon M. Sheldon, PhD, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

Sara A. Showalter Van Tongeren, MSW, LCSW, private practice, The Flourishing Collective, Holland, MI

Jason T. Siegel, PhD, Division of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA

Lauren K. M. Smith, PhD, School of Environment and Sustainability, Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC, Canada

Sheldon Solomon, PhD, Department of Psychology, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY

Michael F. Steger, PhD, Department of Psychology, Center for Meaning and Purpose, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, and Optentia Research Programme, North-West University, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa

Daniel Sullivan, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Stylianos Syropoulos, PhD, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Boston College, Boston, MA

Ewa Szumowska, PhD, Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Natasha A. Tassell-Matamua, PhD, Schoolof Psychology, Centre for Indigenous Psychologies, Massey University, Aotearoa, New Zealand

Jessica L. Tracy, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Robert W. G. Tupper, MSc, Department of Psychology, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, Canada

Sebnem Ture, MSc, Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Kenneth E. Vail III, PhD, Department of Psychology, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH

Patty Van Cappellen, PhD, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC

Wijnand A. P. van Tilburg, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Essex, UK

Daryl R. Van Tongeren, PhD, Department of Psychology and Frost Center for Social Science Research, Hope College, Holland, MI

Matthew Vess, PhD, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Sydney G. Wicks, MA, Department of Psychology, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

Tim Wildschut, PhD, School of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

Yuji K. Winet, PhD, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, NC

Sarah E. Wolfe, PhD, School of Environment and Sustainability, Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC, Canada

Jake Womick, PhD, Department of Psychology, California State University, Bakersfield, CA

Natasha R. Wood, PhD, Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University, The Hague, The Netherlands

Muchen Xi, MA, Department of Psychological and Brain Science, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

Xiaobo Xu, PhD, School of Psychology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China

Isaac F. Young, PhD, Psychology Department, Beloit College, Beloit, WI

Natalie Zarzeczna, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Essex, Colchester, UK

Xin Zhao, PhD, Department of Educational Psychology, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China

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