NDLI: Measuring Meaning in Life

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Author	Morgan, Jessica Farsides, Tom
Copyright Year	2007
Abstract	The present studies addressed the need for a comprehensive, economical, and psychometrically adequate measure of existential meaning. In Study 1, principal-axis factor analysis of participants’ responses to popular meaning measures identified five latent constructs underlying them, labelled purposeful life, principled life, valued life, exciting life, and accomplished life. These dimensions resonate with the meaning in life concept as understood by Frankl (1963. Man’s search for meaning. (Revised Ed.) London: Hodder & Stoughton) and the panoply of subsequent theoretical definitions (e.g. Battista and Almond. (1973). Psychiatry, 36, 409–427; 2000. Exploring existential meaning: Optimising human development across the life span (pp. 39–55). USA: Sage; 1998. The human quest for meaning: A handbook of psychological research and clinical applications (pp. 11–140). Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum). Study 2 used these results as a foundation for developing a psychometrically satisfactory self-report questionnaire of each of these aspects of meaning in life. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) validated a five-factor structure, with each factor loading on a common second-order factor. Study 3 provided evidence for this new measure’s convergent validity and economic property. The final Meaningful Life Measure is reported and provides comprehensive but differentiated measurement of the meaning in life construct.
Starting Page	197
Ending Page	214
Page Count	18
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13894978
Journal	Journal of Happiness Studies
Volume Number	10
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	15737780
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2007-09-25
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Eudaimonic well-being Meaning in life Factor analysis Scale development Quality of Life Research Personality and Social Psychology Philosophy Sociology Social Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Social Sciences

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