The Purpose in Life Test-Short Form: Development and Psychometric Support

Schulenberg, Stefan E.; Schnetzer, Lindsay W.; Buchanan, Erin Michelle

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“…The Purpose in Life Test-Short Form (PLT-SF) (Schulenberg, 2011)was used to measure the extent to which participants felt that their lives had meaning and life purpose. The PLT-SF was originally found to have solid psychometric properties and was predictive of psychological distress.…”

Section: Purpose Of Lifementioning

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Psychometric Properties of Belief into Action Scale among University Students in China

Wang

Ma²,

Yao³

et al. 2016

International Journal of Social Science Studies

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Objectives: We examine the reliability and validity of the Belief into Action (BIAC) scale among university students in provinces across Mainland China.Method: The BIAC scale and Religious Commitment Inventory-10 were translated into Chinese, and administered with several other psychosocial measures to 1,830 college students from three universities in China. To assess test-retest reliability, the BIAC scale was re-administered after two weeks to 133 college students.Results: Three factors were extracted using principal components analysis with Promax rotation, which explained 66.3% of the variance in the BIAC. Confirmative factor analysis verified the three factor model (χ 2 = 232.03; df =31; p <0.001, CFI=0.95). Cronbach's alpha for the BIAC scale was 0.83, and test-retest ICCs ranged from 0.41 to 0.90. The BIAC scale total score and the RCI-10 subscales were significantly correlated (r=0.60-0.67, p<0.001).Conclusion: The BIAC scale is a reliable and valid measure of religiosity in Chinese college students.

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Section: Purpose Of Lifementioning

confidence: 99%

Psychometric Properties of Belief into Action Scale among University Students in China

Wang

Ma²,

Yao³

et al. 2016

International Journal of Social Science Studies

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“…Psychologists have developed many measures concerned with one's personal relationship to existential issues. Many of these have assessed the degree to which people have meaning in their lives (e.g., Schulenberg, Schnetzer, & Buchanan, 2011;Steger, Frazier, Oishi, & Kaler, 2006), which has also been measured within a number of spiritual and transpersonal constructs (MacDonald & Friedman, 2002). Other existential constructs have measured emotional-existential states, such as existential wellbeing, existential guilt, existential anxiety, and death anxiety (Cohen, Mount, Strobel, & Bui, 1995;Templer, 1970;Weems, Costa, Dehon, & Berman, 2004).…”

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The Scale for Existential Thinking

Allan¹,

Shearer²

2012

IJTS

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“…The original PIL-Part A is a 20 item, 7-point Likert-type response format related to different aspects of the meaning in life: meaning, purpose or mission in life, satisfaction with one's life, freedom, fear of death, and valuation of life. Several recent studies have analyzed the psychometric properties of this scale, providing evidence of a good internal consistency (e.g., Jonsén et al, 2010;Schulenberg, Schnetzer, & Buchanan, 2011), although its validity has often been questioned since it measures different concepts (e.g., meaning in life, fear to death, or freedom) by way of social desirability bias, and it is also a scale heavily loaded with values. Another aspect of the PIL that has also been tested on a recurring basis is the structure factor.…”

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Predicting role of meaning in life on depression, hopelessness, and suicide risk among Spanish Borderline Personality Disorder patients

García‐Alandete

Marco

2014

Univ Psychol

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a b s t r a c tThe relation between the meaning in life and depression, hopelessness, and suicide risk in a sample of Spanish Borderline Personality Disorder patients is analyzed. The hypothesis suggested that meaning in life is a significant negative predictor of these variables. Participants were 80 Borderline Personality Disorder patients (75 women, 5 men) ranged 16-60 years old, M = 32.21, SD = 8.85, from a public mental health service. Spanish adaptations of the Purpose-In-Life Test, the Beck Depression Inventory-II, the Beck Hopelessness Scale, and the Plutchick's Suicide Risk Scale were used. Analysis included descriptive, correlations, and simple linear regression. Results showed that meaning in life was negatively related to depression, hopelessness, and suicide risk. It is necessary to introduce the evaluation of the meaning in life in the assessment of patients with Borderline Personality Disorder and to include in the psychotherapeutic intervention elements to enhance their perception and experience of meaning in life. KeywordsMeaning in life; depression; hopelessness; suicide risk; borderline personality disorder r e s u M e n Se analizan las relaciones entre sentido de la vida, depresión, desesperanza y riesgo de suicidio en un grupo de pacientes con Trastorno Límite de Personalidad. La hipótesis al respecto afirma que el sentido de la vida predice negativamente de estas variables. En el estudio participaron 80 pacientes españoles con Trastorno Límite de Personalidad (75 mujeres, 5 hombres) de un servicio público de salud mental, con edades entre los 16 y los 60 años. Se utilizaron versiones españolas del Purpose-In-Life Test, del Inventario de Depresión-II y la Escala de Desesperanza de Beck y de la Escala de Riesgo Suicida de Plutchick. Los análisis incluyeron estadísticos descriptivos, correlaciones y regresión lineal simple. Los resultados mostraron que el sentido de la vida se relacionó negativamente con la depresión, la desesperanza y el riesgo de suicidio. Se concluye que hay necesidad de introducir la valoración del sentido de la vida en la evaluación de pacientes con Trastorno Límite de Personalidad y de incluir en la intervención psicoterapéutica elementos para mejorar su percepción y vivencia de sentido de la vida. Palabras claveSentido de la vida; depresión; desesperanza; riesgo de suicidio; trastorno límite de personalidad

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The Purpose in Life Test-Short Form: Development and Psychometric Support

Abstract: Logotherapy, Meaning, Confirmatory factor analysis, Purpose in Life test, Short form,

Cited by 174 publications

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Psychometric Properties of Belief into Action Scale among University Students in China

Psychometric Properties of Belief into Action Scale among University Students in China

The Scale for Existential Thinking

Predicting role of meaning in life on depression, hopelessness, and suicide risk among Spanish Borderline Personality Disorder patients

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