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Questionable Measures Are Pretty Meaningless
New Sch Psychotherapy & Counselling, UK.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1579-0730
Trent University, Canada.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4982-8127
2015 (English)In: American Psychologist, ISSN 0003-066X, E-ISSN 1935-990X, Vol. 70, no 6, p. 571-573Article in journal, Editorial material (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Comments on the original article "Life is pretty meaningful," by S. J. Heintzelman and L. A. King (see record 2014-03265-001). Heintzelman and King argued that meaning in life (MIL) is widely experienced and exists at high levels. In this brief commentary, the current authors examine what they believe are several flaws in their argument: a lack of clarity in defining MIL; the questionable validity of the instruments used to measure MIL throughout Heintzelman and King’s article; and an erroneous interpretation of quantitative reports of MIL from surveys and the academic literature.

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American Psychological Association (APA), 2015. Vol. 70, no 6, p. 571-573
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-108210DOI: 10.1037/a0039308ISI: 000361041400014PubMedID: 26348345OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-108210DiVA, id: diva2:1614123
Available from: 2021-11-24 Created: 2021-11-24 Last updated: 2021-11-29Bibliographically approved

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