Happiness and the meaning of life, a humanistic perspective

• Autor: Sánchez Jiménez, Hugo Manuel
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2023
• Institución: Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.revistas.unife.edu.pe:article/2925
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.unife.edu.pe/index.php/avancesenpsicologia/article/view/2925
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: felicidad; sentido de vida; logoterapia; salud mental; happiness; meaning of life; logotherapy; mental health

The present article sustains the importance and validity that have both the meaning of life, as a central concept of logotherapy and happiness, as an emerging topic of the positive psychology in the social scenary of COVID-19. Since these constructs can be linked in the fields of clinic and social psychology, it is necessary to provide a revision of their theoretical foundations withempiric evidences to clarify its characteristics and divergencies to the scientific community. This process is essential because the existential void, a widespread and visible phenomenon in our society, can be seen as a behavior with the loss of personal values and the emergence of inauthenticity. Therefore, the pursuit of pleasurable emotions has become a reason for beinghappy.