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Measuring the unmeasurable: Psychometric tools for Existential Concerns
Key psychometric instruments for measuring existential concerns: meaning in life, existential isolation, and existential anxiety.
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Evgeny Smirnov
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The occupational meaning in life questionnaire: development, reliability, and validity
Jun Cai et al. (2025)
- Published
- Aug 4, 2025
- DOI
- 10.1007/s12144-025-08266-0
At a GlanceAI
Introduces and validates a questionnaire to assess how people find meaning in life through their occupational roles and work life.
SummaryAI
The authors develop the Occupational Meaning in Life Questionnaire and report evidence for its reliability and validity. The work is important because it offers a work-focused tool for studying a core existential construct—meaning in life—within occupational settings. By operationalizing “meaning in life” specifically in relation to one’s occupation, it supports research and practice on how work contributes to existential fulfillment and well-being.
Method SnapshotAI
Scale development and psychometric validation of a new questionnaire (reliability and validity testing).
BackgroundAI
Basic existential psychology of meaning in life plus familiarity with psychological measurement and psychometrics.