The Purpose in Life Scale: Psychometric Properties for Social Drinkers and Drinkers in Alcohol Treatment

By A. Marsh, Leigh M. Smith, J. Piek, B. Saunders. 2003

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Health, Social Psychology

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In Applied Psychology

1. L. W. Schnetzer
2. Erin M. Buchanan
3. Stefan E. Schulenberg
4. Amanda M. A. Melton

In Health

1. Amanda M. A. Melton
2. Stefan E. Schulenberg

In Social Psychology

1. L. W. Schnetzer
2. Erin M. Buchanan
3. Stefan E. Schulenberg
4. Amanda M. A. Melton
5. M. Sirgy

Citations in the corpus

• A Confirmatory Factor-Analytic Evaluation of the Purpose in Life Test: Preliminary Psychometric Support for a Replicable Two-Factor Model (2010, methodology): “AGFI = 1.00, NFI = 1.00, TLI = 1.01, CFI = 1.00, and RMSEA = 0.00 with a 90% confidence interval ranging from 0.00 to 0.06), this specific clustering of items is consistent with the previously noted research of Walters and Klein (1980), Dufton and Perlman (1986), Molcar and Stuempfig (1988), Waisber”
• On the Measurement of Meaning: Logotherapy's Empirical Contributions to Humanistic Psychology (2008, background): “Moreover, the relationship between lack of meaning in life and substance use and addiction is well documented ( Crumbaugh, 1971 ; Marsh, Smith, Piek, & Saunders, 2003 ; Nicholson et al, 1994 ).”
• The Purpose in Life Test-Short Form: Development and Psychometric Support (2011, background): “The question was posed as to whether the PIL is one-dimensional, or whether there are viable subscales (Marsh et al. 2003; Reker 2000; Schulenberg and Melton 2010; Shek 1992).”