● Self-continuity and meaning in life

● Feeling safe

● Healthy aging

● Identity narrative stability

● Well-being

● Psychological benefits

● Reducing social distance

● Restorative power

● Thwarting loneliness

● Fosters relational and collective engagement

● Shields psychological well-being from limited time horizons

● Strengthens global self-continuity through holistic thinking

● Promotes help-seeking by fostering social connectedness

● Fosters identity integration

● Shapes and influences the future

● Combats ageism

● Improves sociality and intergenerational transfer

● Increases optimism

● Reduces prejudice

● Promotes a peaceful future

● Increases creativity through openness to experience

● Buffers the negative impact of injustice

● Improves attitudes toward people

● A resource for the self

● The gift that keeps on giving

● Maintains physiological comfort

● An existential resource

● Emotion regulation and well-being

● Death-anxiety buffering function

● A repository of social connectedness

● Buffering acculturative stress and facilitating cultural adaptation

● Terror management function

● Counteracting loneliness

● Restorative function

● Combats boredom

● Combats mental health stigma