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Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease, 2023
Abstract Having a purpose in life is strongly associated with well-being and quality of life. Some individuals develop their sense of purpose early in life and can sustain lifelong ideals. In contrast, we identify four transdiagnostic syndromes where purpose in life is impaired: 1) deficiencies in generating purpose; 2) loss of purpose due to
Patrick L. Hill, Megan E. Wilson
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Abstract Having a purpose in life is strongly associated with well-being and quality of life. Some individuals develop their sense of purpose early in life and can sustain lifelong ideals. In contrast, we identify four transdiagnostic syndromes where purpose in life is impaired: 1) deficiencies in generating purpose; 2) loss of purpose due to
Patrick L. Hill, Megan E. Wilson
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The Life Engagement Test: Assessing Purpose in Life
Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 2006This article describes a 6-item scale, the Life Engagement Test, designed to measure purpose in life, defined in terms of the extent to which a person engages in activities that are personally valued. Psychometric data are presented including information about the scale's factor structure, internal consistency, test-retest reliability, convergent ...
Michael F, Scheier +7 more
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Life goals and purpose in life in cancer patients
Supportive Care in Cancer, 2008The purpose of the study was to analyze associations between life goals and purpose in life in cancer patients.A sample of 153 cancer patients was assessed before the start of chemotherapy and about 9 months later. Purpose in life was measured with a German version of Crumbaugh and Maholick's purpose in life test, and the perceived importance of social,
Martin, Pinquart +2 more
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Purpose in Life Among Alcoholics
Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 1998ABSTRACT Ethnic variability in perceived purpose in life was measured in a group of 100 alcohol dependent males. The sample was composed of Caucasian (38%), Hispanic (37%), and American Indian (25%) hospitalized alcoholics. Analysis of variance tests revealed significant differences on the Purpose in Life (PIL) instrument [F (2,97) = 6.47, p = .002 ...
Janice M. Brown +2 more
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Psychoticism and purpose in life
Personality and Individual Differences, 1989Abstract The Purpose in Life test and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire were administered to 83 young female nurses. Purpose in life was found to be significantly negatively related to psychoticism and neuroticism, and positively to extraversion.
Paul R. Pearson, Brian F. Sheffield
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Science, 1998
Nature's Purposes Analyses of Function and Design in Biology. Colin Allen, Marc Bekoff, and George Lauder, Eds. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1998. 603 pp. $55. ISBN 0-262-01168-9. Paper, $30. ISBN 0-262-51097-9 A collection of papers on the nature and functions of teleology in biology.
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Nature's Purposes Analyses of Function and Design in Biology. Colin Allen, Marc Bekoff, and George Lauder, Eds. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1998. 603 pp. $55. ISBN 0-262-01168-9. Paper, $30. ISBN 0-262-51097-9 A collection of papers on the nature and functions of teleology in biology.
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1986
When asked the question “What is the most important principle you live your life by?”, the 94 respondents in the sample provided answers that revealed as much about their identities as it did about their value systems. Statements such as “my values are my life… the rules of the body, the rules of the mind” and “the key to everything else” revealed the ...
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When asked the question “What is the most important principle you live your life by?”, the 94 respondents in the sample provided answers that revealed as much about their identities as it did about their value systems. Statements such as “my values are my life… the rules of the body, the rules of the mind” and “the key to everything else” revealed the ...
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