The Mediating Role of Meaningful Living Between Desperation and Boredom and Self-Transcendence

Özkan Kenarlı; Ayşe Yılmaz; Can Sabaner; Beste Erdinç; Nursenem Sarı; Yusuf Akyıl

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The Mediating Role of Meaningful Living Between Desperation and Boredom and Self-Transcendence

Abstract

Positive and negative experiences happen in life. Reactions to situations and feelings experienced are also influenced by events, personal, and environmental factors. In an event that is evaluated
based on such factors and from which there seems to be no escape, one may feel desperation and experience boredom. The purpose of this study was to investigate how meaningful living functions as a mediator between boredom, self-transcendence, and desperation. Of the 351 persons who took part in the study, 239 (68.1%) were women, and 112 (31.9%) were men. The participants’ average age was 21.92, SD=4.38. The study employed Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Meaningful living plays a significant mediating role in the link between self-transcendence and boredom. Similarly, it was discovered that the relationship between self-transcendence and state desperation was fully mediated by meaningful living. Between boredom and state desperation, a positive correlation was discovered. Meaningful living and self-transcendence were found to be positively correlated, while boredom and state desperation were found to be negatively correlated. The meaningful living of an individual is adversely affected by boredom and a state of desperation, which in turn harms the degree of self-transcendence.

Keywords

Desperation, Boredom, Self-Transcendence, Meaningful Living

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Özkan Kenarlı
0000-0002-8082-5728
Türkiye

Ayşe Yılmaz
0009-0009-0337-9275
Türkiye

Can Sabaner
0000-0002-8136-066X
Türkiye

Beste Erdinç ^*
0009-0006-4795-1593
Türkiye

Nursenem Sarı
0009-0006-4934-5941
Türkiye

Yusuf Akyıl
0000-0002-9482-1429
Türkiye

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April 30, 2026

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May 12, 2025

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March 7, 2026

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Year 2026 Volume: 27 Number: 1

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Kenarlı, Ö., Yılmaz, A., Sabaner, C., Erdinç, B., Sarı, N., & Akyıl, Y. (2026). The Mediating Role of Meaningful Living Between Desperation and Boredom and Self-Transcendence. İnönü University Journal of the Faculty of Education, 27(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.17679/inuefd.1694474

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1.Kenarlı Ö, Yılmaz A, Sabaner C, Erdinç B, Sarı N, Akyıl Y. The Mediating Role of Meaningful Living Between Desperation and Boredom and Self-Transcendence. INUJFE. 2026;27(1):1-11. doi:10.17679/inuefd.1694474

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Kenarlı, Özkan, Ayşe Yılmaz, Can Sabaner, Beste Erdinç, Nursenem Sarı, and Yusuf Akyıl. 2026. “The Mediating Role of Meaningful Living Between Desperation and Boredom and Self-Transcendence”. İnönü University Journal of the Faculty of Education 27 (1): 1-11. https://doi.org/10.17679/inuefd.1694474.

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Kenarlı Ö, Yılmaz A, Sabaner C, Erdinç B, Sarı N, Akyıl Y (April 1, 2026) The Mediating Role of Meaningful Living Between Desperation and Boredom and Self-Transcendence. İnönü University Journal of the Faculty of Education 27 1 1–11.

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[1]Ö. Kenarlı, A. Yılmaz, C. Sabaner, B. Erdinç, N. Sarı, and Y. Akyıl, “The Mediating Role of Meaningful Living Between Desperation and Boredom and Self-Transcendence”, INUJFE, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 1–11, Apr. 2026, doi: 10.17679/inuefd.1694474.

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Kenarlı, Özkan - Yılmaz, Ayşe - Sabaner, Can - Erdinç, Beste - Sarı, Nursenem - Akyıl, Yusuf. “The Mediating Role of Meaningful Living Between Desperation and Boredom and Self-Transcendence”. İnönü University Journal of the Faculty of Education 27/1 (April 1, 2026): 1-11. https://doi.org/10.17679/inuefd.1694474.

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1.Kenarlı Ö, Yılmaz A, Sabaner C, Erdinç B, Sarı N, Akyıl Y. The Mediating Role of Meaningful Living Between Desperation and Boredom and Self-Transcendence. INUJFE. 2026;27:1–11.

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Kenarlı, Özkan, et al. “The Mediating Role of Meaningful Living Between Desperation and Boredom and Self-Transcendence”. İnönü University Journal of the Faculty of Education, vol. 27, no. 1, Apr. 2026, pp. 1-11, doi:10.17679/inuefd.1694474.

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1.Özkan Kenarlı, Ayşe Yılmaz, Can Sabaner, Beste Erdinç, Nursenem Sarı, Yusuf Akyıl. The Mediating Role of Meaningful Living Between Desperation and Boredom and Self-Transcendence. INUJFE. 2026 Apr. 1;27(1):1-11. doi:10.17679/inuefd.1694474

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