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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
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Called to Counsel: Examining the Links among Calling, Life Meaning, Life Satisfaction, and Burnout among Law Students
Abouras, Rachel Lauren
Journal of College and Character, v22 n3 p179-199 2021
Adapting the work as calling theory (WCT), the present study used path analysis to examine the relations among calling, person-environment fit ("P"-E fit), life meaning, living one's calling, academic burnout, and life satisfaction in a sample of law students (N = 245). Propositions of the WCT model were generally supported by data in which perceiving a calling predicted "P"-E fit, which in turn predicted life meaning. Life meaning predicted living out one's calling in law school, which correlated positively with life satisfaction and negatively with academic burnout. Findings highlight the predictive role of calling in law student well-being. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.
Descriptors: Law Students, Legal Education (Professions), Correlation, Life Satisfaction, Career Choice, Burnout, Personality Theories, Well Being, Mental Health, Measures (Individuals)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Satisfaction With Life Scale
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