The data revealed some unexpected trends:

　　“Among Americans, those who are high in life satisfaction are also high in meaning in life, ”says Oishi. “But when we looked at the societal level of analysis, we found a completely different pattern of the association between meaning in life and life satisfaction. ”

　　When looking across many countries, Oishi and Diener found that people in wealthier nations were more educated, had fewer children, and expressed more individualistic attitudes compared to those in poorer countries—all factors that were associated with higher life satisfaction but a significantly lower sense of meaning in life. ”

　　The data suggest that religiosity may play an important role: Residents of wealthier nations, where religiosity is lower, reported less meaning in life and had higher suicide rates than poorer countries.

　　According to the researchers, religion may provide meaning to life to the extent that it helps people to overcome personal difficulty and cope with the struggles of working to survive in poor economic conditions.

　　“Religion gives a system that connects daily experiences with the coherent whole and a general structure to one’s life . . . and plays a critical role in constructing meaning out of extreme hardship, ”the researchers write.

　　Oishi and Diener hope to reproduce these findings using more comprehensive measures of meaning and religiosity, and are interested in following countries over time to track whether economic prosperity gives rise to less religiosity and less meaning in life.

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