Use of the Life Purpose Questionnaire with an Alcoholic Population

Hutzell, Robert R.; Peterson, T.

doi:10.3109/10826088609063437

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“…In terms of validity, the PIL is positively correlated with the Life Purpose Questionnaire [16], with the self-actualizing and family and social relations subscales of the Meaning of Life scale [17], and with religiosity [18,19] and is negatively correlated with hopelessness [20]. It is not correlated with MMPI scales except for the K (validity) scale [l] and D (depression) scale [15, 211. In recently bereaved college students, those with low purpose reported more emotion-focused coping strategies than those with high purpose, suggesting that those with low purpose are more likely to give in to feelings of helplessness and hopelessness [ 221.…”

Section: Purpose In Life Test (Pil)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Purpose in Life: A Moderator of Recovery from Bereavement

1991

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For those with relatively low purpose in life, the experience of bereavement may induce an existential crisis, particularly if the cause of death is suicide.To assess whether this happens in recent bereavement, 122 people (31% of those who received questionnaires) recently bereaved (mode < two years) completed scales measuring life purpose, life satisfaction, reasons for living, and social support. Multivariate analysis followed by univariate analysis indicated that purpose was associated with greater life satisfaction, stronger reasons for living, more social support, and less impact. Unexpectedly, those bereaved by suicide were not different from other cause of death groups on these measures. High purpose in life apparently can buffer the negative aspects of the bereavement experience, regardless of the cause of death.According to some existentialists, neuroses originate in the failure to find meaning in existence. Frankl stated that "to live is to suffer, to survive is to find meaning in the suffering" [l, p. 91. Meaning is an intrinsic, implicit, fluid clarity about the usefulness of life and can be derived from different sources (beauty, truth, love of another) at almost any time. The will to find meaning is the guiding principle of the mature adult, and it changes over the lifespan [2]. When the search for meaning is successful, individuals have a sense of personal identity, direction in their life, and confidence in their ability to cope with painful but unchangeable situations such as bereavement. When the search for meaning is unsuccessful, 279 Q 1991, Baywood Publishing Co., Inc.

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Section: Purpose In Life Test (Pil)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Purpose in Life: A Moderator of Recovery from Bereavement

1991

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“…The total score assigned to each instrument in the final columns of Tables 1-3 For an overview of the distribution of final quality scores, instruments in each table were divided into three categories (low score: <0.50, medium score: 0.50-0.70 and high score: >0.70). In the group of unidimensional nomothetic instruments, 7/25 have low scores [10,34,40,42,43,47,52], 8/25 medium scores [35,36,39,41,48,50,56,57] and 10/25 high scores [37,38,[44][45][46]49,51,[53][54][55]. In the group of multidimensional nomothetic instruments, 3/23 have low scores [66,76,79], 12/23 medium scores [58,60,[62][63][64]67,69,70,74,75,78,80] and 8/23 high scores [59,61,65,68,[71]…”

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Systematic review of meaning in life assessment instruments

Brandstätter¹,

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“…Oral administration did not seem to improve the response rate. Hutzell and Peterson (1986) argued that the time it takes for respondents to understand and complete the PIL, in addition to the cumbersome scoring procedure, makes the measure difficult to use in a timesensitive evaluation session.…”

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“…The PIL uses words that many people do not use in everyday language, such as "exuberant," and each item contains different words as anchors. The LPQ is easy to understand, administered quickly, and straightforward to score (Hutzell & Peterson, 1986). With regard to content, the individual items of the LPQ correspond to the same numbered items of the PIL.…”

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Life Purpose Questionnaire: A Factor-Analytic Investigation

Campbell¹

2012

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Meaning in life has been a popular topic of philosophy and study, and the perceived presence of meaning in one's life has been associated with many positive psychological variables (e.g., life satisfaction), while the perceived absence of meaning has been associated with negative variables (e.g., depression). The Purpose in Life test (PIL) was developed in order to assess the amount of perceived meaning in a person's life. Despite good psychometric support, there have been questions about the structural validity of the measure (i.e., only one model has been replicated, consisting of two factors that reflect exciting life and purpose in life) as well as assertions that it is difficult to understand. The Life Purpose Questionnaire (LPQ) was derived from the PIL and addresses its shortcomings. Although it is easier to understand, there have been no previous investigations as to its factor structure. A final sample of 908 students at the University of Mississippi completed the LPQ, and its factorial structure was examined. Analyses revealed two distinct factors that seem to reflect similar concepts as those of the PIL (i.e., exciting life and purpose in life). Factor loadings ranged from .34 to .87, and the internal consistency coefficient ranged from acceptable to excellent (.79 for the total measure, .84 for factor one, .92 for factor two). Despite similarity in concepts, the factors were not comprised of the same items, although there was some overlap in items that loaded onto each factor for the PIL and the LPQ. Limitations of research include a homogeneous sample and speculation regarding what the LPQ factors actually measure. Future research will include replication of the factor structure as well as investigating associations between the factors and other constructs in order to better determine what each factor is assesses.

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Use of the Life Purpose Questionnaire with an Alcoholic Population

Cited by 24 publications

References 4 publications

Purpose in Life: A Moderator of Recovery from Bereavement

Purpose in Life: A Moderator of Recovery from Bereavement

Systematic review of meaning in life assessment instruments

Life Purpose Questionnaire: A Factor-Analytic Investigation

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