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

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  • Lindsay Schnetzer
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  • Stefan Schulenberg & Lindsay Schnetzer & Erin Buchanan, 2011. "The Purpose in Life Test-Short Form: Development and Psychometric Support," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 12(5), pages 861-876, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jhappi:v:12:y:2011:i:5:p:861-876
    DOI: 10.1007/s10902-010-9231-9
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    1. Stefan Schulenberg & Amanda Melton, 2010. "A Confirmatory Factor-Analytic Evaluation of the Purpose in Life Test: Preliminary Psychometric Support for a Replicable Two-Factor Model," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 11(1), pages 95-111, March.
    2. Jessica Morgan & Tom Farsides, 2009. "Measuring Meaning in Life," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 10(2), pages 197-214, April.
    3. Michael Steger & Todd Kashdan, 2007. "Stability and specificity of meaning in life and life satisfaction over one year," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 8(2), pages 161-179, June.
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    5. Benjamin W. Hadden & C. Veronica Smith, 2019. "I Gotta Say, Today Was a Good (and Meaningful) Day: Daily Meaning in Life as a Potential Basic Psychological Need," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 20(1), pages 185-202, January.
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    8. Keith A. Anderson & Noelle L. Fields & Jessica Cassidy & Lisa Peters-Beumer, 2022. "Purpose in Life: A Reconceptualization for Very Late Life," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 23(5), pages 2337-2348, June.

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