The Meaning and Purpose Scales (MAPS): development and multi-study validation of short measures of meaningfulness, crisis of meaning, and sources of purpose

Abstract Background Meaning in life is multidimensional. It encompasses different qualities of meaning, such as meaningfulness, crisis of meaning, or existential indifference, as well as the sources from which people draw meaning, or purpose. For both research and practice, it is of high value to kn...

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Main Authors: Tatjana Schnell, Lars Johan Danbolt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-10-01
Series:BMC Psychology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-023-01319-8