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A Confirmatory Factor-Analytic Evaluation of the Purpose in Life Test: Preliminary Psychometric Support for a Replicable Two-Factor Model

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  • 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.
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    DOI: 10.1007/s10902-008-9124-3
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    1. Joaquín García-Alandete & César Rubio-Belmonte & Beatriz Soucase Lozano, 2018. "A Replication of the Reker and Cousins’ Study About the Complementarity Between the Purpose-In-Life Test (PIL) and the Seeking of Noetic Goals (SONG) Among Spanish Young People," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 19(1), pages 81-97, January.
    2. Zuzanna Siwek & Anna Oleszkowicz & Aleksandra Słowińska, 2017. "Values Realized in Personal Strivings and Motivation, and Meaning in Life in Polish University Students," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 18(2), pages 549-573, April.
    3. Buchanan, Erin Michelle & Foreman, Riley E. & Huber, Becca Nicole & Pavlacic, Jeffrey Michael & Swadley, Rachel N. & Schulenberg, Stefan E., 2017. "Does the Delivery Matter? Examining Randomization at the Item Level," OSF Preprints p93df, Center for Open Science.
    4. Andrés Sánchez-Prada & Carmen Delgado-Alvarez & Esperanza Bosch-Fiol & Virginia Ferreiro-Basurto & Victoria A. Ferrer-Perez, 2022. "Personal Traits of the People Who Help: The Case of Bystanders to Violence against Women," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(20), pages 1-17, October.
    5. M. Sirgy, 2011. "Theoretical Perspectives Guiding QOL Indicator Projects," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 103(1), pages 1-22, August.
    6. Stefan Schulenberg & Brandy Baczwaski & Erin Buchanan, 2014. "Measuring Search for Meaning: A Factor-Analytic Evaluation of the Seeking of Noetic Goals Test (SONG)," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 15(3), pages 693-715, June.
    7. Gørill Haugan, 2014. "Meaning‐in‐life in nursing‐home patients: a valuable approach for enhancing psychological and physical well‐being?," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 23(13-14), pages 1830-1844, July.
    8. 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.

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