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The Indian Police Journalin life and stress resiliency. Tables 3 & 4 show the simple effectsof A (meaningfulness in life) and B (stress resiliency). It depicts thatparticipants scoring high on meaningfulness in life and stress resiliencyshowed better mental health (M=23.15) than those scoring low onboth these variables (M=15.75).Findings get support from the previous researches, which state thathaving less meaning in life has been associated with depression andanxiety (Debats et al., 1993), suicidal ideation and substance abuse(Harlow et al., 1986) as well as other forms of distress, which leadsto poor mental health. People having more meaning in life have beenpositively related to work enjoyment (Bonewright et al., 2000) lifesatisfaction (Chamberlain & Zika, 1988) and happiness (Debats et al.,1993) among other measures of healthy psychological functioning. Thecumulative effect of confronting evil for years often has a detrimental 2010). The research done by Feldman & Synder (2005) also states thatthose possessing a sense of meaning are generally found to have lowerhas no sense of purpose or meaning in his life, it becomes very hard torealize that what one is capable and able to do effectively in times ofneed to achieve goals and these results in failures. This heap of failureslead person to every type of stressor.competitive one with hope, warmth and happiness, this places uniquepositive effect on mental health. Individuals with high meaningfulnessin life experience satisfaction in their lives, enjoyment of work,happiness, general positive affect, hope and, in general, a higher levelof well-being. Such positivity in life further enables such individuals life and stress resiliency in the present study reported better mentalof participants in both the group is equally stressful. Better mentalhealth of individuals in the former group could be attributed to the factthat meaningfulness in life develops inner sense of purpose toward January - March, 2013145