Validation of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire in a South African context

Temane, Lesego; Khumalo, Itumeleng P.; Wissing, Marié P.

doi:10.1080/14330237.2014.904088

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“…As for the question of whether or not the MLQ has construct validity, a confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to explore its factor structure and construct validity. CFA supported the two-factor model, including the Presence of Meaning and Search for Meaning subscales, consistent with the results of several previous studies [1,[29][30][31][32][33][34]40]. e results also showed that item 9 ("My life has no clear purpose"), which is the only reversed item in the MLQ-P, had a significantly lower factor loading (P < 0.05) onto the other items on this subscale (MLQ-P � 0.18, MLQ-S � 0.44) and seems to be a problematic item.…”

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confidence: 89%

The Psychometric Properties of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ) in Patients with Life-Threatening Illnesses

Naghiyaee

Bahmani

Asgari

2020

The Scientific World Journal

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Background. Meaning in life is one of the psychological domains that is most severely affected in patients with life-threatening illnesses. The importance of meaning-making mandates the development of reliable tools to assess this construct. Steger’s Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ) is one of the most valid and reliable instruments that determines the search for and presence of meaning in life. The present study was conducted to provide psychometric data on the MLQ in a sample of patients with life-threatening illnesses. Methods. The MLQ was completed by 301 patients (aged 20–80 years) diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses (cancer and multiple sclerosis) and referred to hospitals. Confirmatory factor analysis and Pearson’s correlation test were used to determine the construct validity of the questionnaire. Results. The confirmatory factor analysis supported the original two-factor model of the MLQ, comprised of the presence of meaning (five items) and search for meaning (five items). The responses to the MLQ did not differ by sociodemographic factors. Most importantly, contrary to previous findings, the correlation between the two subscales, i.e., search for meaning and presence of meaning, was significant and positive. Conclusion. The results showed that the MLQ is a valid and reliable measure for assessing meaning in life that can be applied in research on meaning in life among other patient populations.

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confidence: 89%

The Psychometric Properties of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ) in Patients with Life-Threatening Illnesses

Naghiyaee

Bahmani

Asgari

2020

The Scientific World Journal

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“…International studies have shown that in the United States, Turkey and Brazil, and in African populations, the MLQ (Steger et al, 2006) has measurement invariance across age groups (most of the subjects were divided into early, middle and late stage adulthood) and across cultures; configural invariance, metric invariance and scalar invariance were found, and the corresponding results supported the idea that the two-dimensional structure of the MLQ has the same psychological structure in different age stages (Boyraz, Lightsey, & Can, 2013;Damásio & Koller, 2015;Steger, Oishi, & Kashdan, 2009;Temane, Khumalo, & Wissing, 2014). However, in China, although the scores of meaning in life are significantly different for teenagers than for other age groups (Qin & Wang, 2012;Qin, Wang, & Zhang, 2013), previous findings were not based on measurement invariance.…”

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confidence: 72%

Structure and Levels of Meaning in Life and Its Relationship With Mental Health in Chinese Students Aged 10 to 25

Wang

Yang

et al. 2016

Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology

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T his study examines the usage of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire in Chinese students aged from 10 to 25 within four age groups (N = 5,510): early adolescence (10-13 years old, n = 1,258), middle adolescence (14-17 years old, n = 1,987), late adolescence (18-21 years old, n = 1,950) and early adulthood (22-25 years old, n = 315); and analyses the structure and levels of meaning in life, as well as the relationship between meaning in life and mental health. Results showed that: (1) the Meaning in Life Questionnaire in the four age groups of Chinese students had good construct validity and internal consistency reliability; (2) the average levels of the presence of meaning and search for meaning of Chinese students were moderate or above, and had obvious differences according to gender and family location (i.e., urban vs. rural); (3) the level of presence of meaning showed a trend of rising rapidly in middle adolescence and the level of search for meaning continued to rise in early adolescence and fell rapidly towards the end of adolescence; (4) presence of meaning was positively related to life satisfaction and positive affect and negatively related to depression and negative affect, and the same correlations were found with search for meaning.

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“…In a review of the MLQ and similar instruments, Fjelland, Barron, and Foxall () noted that this measure had both convergent and discriminant validity support. The two‐factor structure of the assessment has also been supported by recent research (Temane, Khumalo, & Wissing, ). The Cronbach's alpha was .70 for the current sample.…”

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confidence: 57%

Archetypal Identity Development, Meaning in Life, and Life Satisfaction: Differences Among Clinical Mental Health Counselors, School Counselors, and Counselor Educators

Degges‐White

Stoltz

2015

Adultspan Journal

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Validation of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire in a South African context

Cited by 40 publications

References 56 publications

The Psychometric Properties of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ) in Patients with Life-Threatening Illnesses

The Psychometric Properties of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ) in Patients with Life-Threatening Illnesses

Structure and Levels of Meaning in Life and Its Relationship With Mental Health in Chinese Students Aged 10 to 25

Archetypal Identity Development, Meaning in Life, and Life Satisfaction: Differences Among Clinical Mental Health Counselors, School Counselors, and Counselor Educators

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