Sense of Purpose on Sara Westonhttps://sarajweston.com/tags/sense-of-purpose/Recent content in Sense of Purpose on Sara WestonHugoen-usMon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000Associations for sense of purpose with smoking and health outcomes among adults with diabeteshttps://sarajweston.com/publication/weston-associations-2024/Fri, 08 Aug 2025 04:41:45 +0000https://sarajweston.com/publication/weston-associations-2024/Across 12 datasets of adults with diabetes, people with a stronger sense of purpose reported better health, were less likely to smoke, and were less likely to have a heart condition. Purpose was not associated with changes in health over time.Building sense of purpose in older adulthood: Examining the role of supportive relationshipshttps://sarajweston.com/publication/weston-building-2021/Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://sarajweston.com/publication/weston-building-2021/In older adults from the Health and Retirement Study, sense of purpose rose and fell together with perceived support and strain from spouses, children, family, and friends. Social contact alone did not account for the pattern.The relationship between career success and sense of purpose: Examining linkages and changeshttps://sarajweston.com/publication/weston-relationship-2021/Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://sarajweston.com/publication/weston-relationship-2021/In 307 university alumni assessed about 12 years apart, work satisfaction was associated with sense of purpose, but occupational prestige was not. Neither predicted later change in the other.Evaluating eight-year trajectories for sense of purpose in the health and retirement studyhttps://sarajweston.com/publication/hill-evaluating-2019/Tue, 01 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://sarajweston.com/publication/hill-evaluating-2019/Using three waves of Health and Retirement Study data spanning eight years, we found that sense of purpose declined on average and that the purpose scale did not work the same way for working and retired adults.