scholarly journals Exploring Frankl’s Meaning, Purpose and Value of Life in Malaysian University Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S9) ◽  
pp. 450-454
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Purpose In Life ◽  
Value Of Life ◽  
Life Test ◽  
Human Motivation ◽  
Good Internal Consistency ◽  
The Will ◽  
Life Analysis ◽  
Internal Consistency Alpha ◽  
Purpose In Life Test

This study has been using the Logotherapy approach, a therapy introduced by Viktor Frankl that emphasizes the meaning, purpose and value of life. Frankl’s concept of purpose in life is based on a religious existential foundation which postulated that the essence of human motivation is the will to meaning. Frankl asserted that under any circumstance, there is a seed of meaning. (Frankl, 1997). The main purpose of this exploration study is to identify the meaning, purpose and value in life among university students in Malaysia. Based on Frankl’s (1953) theory of purpose in life, Crumbaugh and Maholick (1964) developed the Purpose in Life Test (PIL) to measure the degree a person experiences a sense of meaning, purpose and value in life. This Purpose in Life Test (PIL) was psychometrically analyzed using a total number of 2586 university students to quantify the existential concept of meaning, purpose and value in life. Analysis of the data presented evidence that the Purpose in Life (PIL) test could be a larger dimension as well as being a scale in itself. The PIL showed a good internal consistency (Alpha= 0.930) and factor analysis revealed three factors which were categorized as Excitement of Life, Contentedness with life and Purpose and Goals in Life.

scholarly journals Relationship between Volitional Regulation and Academic Achievements in University Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-75
Author(s):  
V.N. Shlyapnikov
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
University Students ◽  
Purpose In Life ◽  
Action Control ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Life Test ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Academic Achievements ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Purpose In Life Test

The paper presents results of a study on the relationship between the features of volitional regulation and academic performance in university students of different years and areas of training.The study compared students (year 1 to 4) of ‘Psychology’ (n=133) and ‘State and Municipal Administration’ (n=201) programmes.The following methods were used: the Action Control Scale by J.Kuhl; the questionnaire for revealing the expression of self-control in the emotional sphere, activity and behavior (developed by G.S.Nikiforov, V.K.Vasilyev and S.V.Virsov); the Dembo-Rubinstein self-esteem scale (modified by V.A.Ivannikov and E.V. Eidman, 1990); the Purpose in Life Test (by D.A.Leontiev).The arithmetic mean of all examination marks received by the student during the current academic year was used as an indicator of academic performance.It is shown that in junior students of the management programme the indicator of academic performance positively correlates with the indicators of the Action Control Scale (p <0.01), the Purpose in Life Test (p <0.01) and behavioral self-control (p <0.01), whereas in students of the psychology programme it positively correlates with indicators of the Purpose in Life Test (p <0.01) and social self-control (p <0.01).No significant correlations were found in senior students.The results obtained in the study allow us to draw some conclusions about the contribution of volitional regulation to the level of academic achievements in students.

scholarly journals Terminal values and meaning in life among university students with varied levels of altruism in the present period of socio-cultural change

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 215-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanisław Głaz
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Purpose In Life ◽  
Life Test ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Terminal Values ◽  
High Level ◽  
Purpose In Life Test

Abstract The author of this paper, interested in the issues of values preference, meaning in life and altruism among university students has attempted to show a relation between them in the present period of clearly noticeable socio-cultural change. The study was conducted in 2009-2010 in Kraków among university students. The age of the respondents ranged from 21 to 25. 200 sets of correctly completed questionnaires were used for the results analysis. In order to show values preference among university students Rokeach’s ValueSurvey (RVS) was used. The level of a sense of meaning in life was measured by means of Crumbaugh and Maholick’s Purpose in Life Test (PLT). Moreover, Śliwak’s Questionnaire of Altruism (A-N) was applied to measure the level of altruism. It was found that students with a high level of altruism are accompanied by a higher level of meaning in life than students with a low level thereof. Terminal values significantly correlate with meaning in life in groups of students with a high and low level of altruism. Among terminal values, values personal in character appear to be more strongly related to meaning in life than values social in character.

Purpose in Life Among Spinal Cord Injured Males

1985 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald C. Schultz
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
University Students ◽  
Purpose In Life ◽  
Life Test ◽  
Religious Conviction ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Spinal Cord Injured ◽  
Purpose In Life Test

This study examines the relationship between spinal cord injury (SCI) and purpose in life as measured by the Purpose in Life Test (PIL). Fifty-four males were involved in the study: 15 SCI university students, 19 nondisabled university students, and 20 SCI nonstudents. Comparisons between groups were generally nonsignificant, but lower PIL scores were found for paraplegic individuals. In addition, religious conviction was found to be significantly related to purpose in life scores for SCI persons.

scholarly journals Diferencias asociadas al sexo en las puntuaciones total y factoriales del Purpose-In-Life Test en universitarios españoles

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 681-692 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOAQUÍN GARCÍA-ALANDETE ◽  
EVA ROSA MARTÍNEZ ◽  
BEATRIZ SOUCASE LOZANO ◽  
JOSÉ FRANCISCO GALLEGO-PÉREZ
Keyword(s):  
Purpose In Life ◽  
Life Test ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
Purpose In Life Test ◽  
Estudiantes Universitarios

Se analizan las diferencias en las puntuaciones total y factoriales de la versión española del Purpose-In-Life Test [PIL] (Crumbaugh & Maholic, 1969; Noblejas de la Flor, 1994) asocia-das al sexo, en un grupo de 309 estudiantes universitarios (207 mujeres y 102 hombres) de edades comprendidas entre 18 y 45 años (M = 21.4; DT = 3.254). El PIL evalúa logro de sen-tido de la vida vs. vacío existencial (Frankl, 1994). Las mujeres obtienen puntuaciones medias superiores a los hombres, tanto en la puntuación total del PIL como en sus diferentes factores. El análisis estadístico (t de Student) muestra que el sexo da lugar a diferencias estadísticamen-te significativas en la puntuación total (t = 2.272; p = .024) y de los factores «Percepción de sentido» (t = 2.065; p = .040) y «Metas y tareas» (t = 3.385; p = .001) del PIL.

Meaning and Purpose in Life of Bereaved Parents whose Son Fell during Active Military Service

1990 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Florian
Keyword(s):  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Purpose In Life ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Scale Analysis ◽  
Life Test ◽  
Bereaved Parents ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
Meaning And Purpose ◽  
Purpose In Life Test

The aim of the present study was to investigate the meaning and purpose of life in fifty-two bereaved parents whose sons fell during active military service two or eleven years after their loss, compared to fifty non-bereaved parents, who served as a control group. Participants individually completed the Purpose-in-Life Test and the Meaning-in-Life Scale. Analysis of the results indicated that both bereaved parents received lower scores on both measures compared to the control group. No significant differences were found between parents whose son fell two or eleven years previous to the study. Clinical implications for treating this “at risk” population are discussed.

Meaning-in-Life in Nursing Home Patients: A Validation Study of the Purpose-in-Life Test

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 296-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gørill Haugan ◽  
Unni Karin Moksnes
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Purpose In Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Life Test ◽  
Measurement Models ◽  
Nursing Home Patients ◽  
Purpose In Life Test

Background: The experience of meaning has been found to be a strong individual predictor of life satisfaction and an important psychological variable that promotes well-being. Therefore, a valid and reliable measurement of meaning-in-life among nursing home patients is highly warranted. Aims: This study intended to further investigate (a) the factor structure of the Purpose-in-Life test (PIL), (b) the reliability of PIL scores, and (c) the construct validity of the PIL test in a nursing home population. Methods: Participants were 202 cognitively intact nursing home patients representing 44 different Norwegian nursing homes. Concerning the dimensionality of the PIL, the following 3 measurement models were tested using confirmatory factor analysis; the original 1-factor, a 2-factor, and a 3-factor model. Results: With the exclusion of 10 items, a previously published and supported 2-factor construct for the PIL by Morgan and Farsides (2007) provided a good fit for older nursing home patients, demonstrating good measurement reliability and construct validity. Conclusion: The 2-factor model by Morgan and Farsides, comprising 10 items, is an improvement over the original 20-items PIL, based on these nursing home data. The measure yielded highly significantly factor loadings, good values for average variance extracted and composite reliability, as well as significant correlations in the expected direction for relevant selected measures; all supporting the construct validity.

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