%0 Journal Article
%T Moral Identity Predicts the Development of Presence of Meaning During Emerging Adulthood
%A Ashley Floyd Kuntz
%A Hyemin Han
%A Indrawati Liauw
%J Emerging Adulthood
%@ 2167-6984
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/2167696818758735
%X We examined change over time in the relationship between moral identity and presence of meaning during emerging adulthood. Moral identity refers to a sense of morality and moral values that are central to one¡¯s identity. Presence of meaning refers to the belief that one¡¯s existence has meaning, purpose, and value. Participants responded to questions on moral identity and presence of meaning in their senior year of high school and 2 years after. Mixed effects model analyses were used to examine how moral identity and presence of meaning interacted during this 2-year period. The findings demonstrated that moral identity positively predicted presence of meaning over time
%K moral identity
%K presence of meaning
%K meaning in life
%K positive youth development
%K transitional period
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2167696818758735