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purpose in life: a standalone construct

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Positive psychology

the degree to which a person experiences life as meaningful and directed by goals, measured with a test based on Frankl's ideas.

In positive psychology, purpose in life refers to the degree to which a person experiences life as meaningful and directed by goals, measured with a test based on Frankl's ideas. This meaning comes from Crumbaugh (1964) in Journal of Clinical Psychology.[1]

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References

Crumbaugh, J. C., & Maholick, L. T. (1964). An experimental study in existentialism: The psychometric approach to Frankl's concept of noogenic neurosis. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 20(2), 200-207. https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-4679(196404)20:2<200::aid-jclp2270200203>3.0.co;2-u

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