| Abstract: | Describes the development of LAP, a multidimensional measure designed to assess the degree of existential meaning and purpose in life and the strength of motivation to find meaning and purpose. Principle component factor analyses performed on the responses of 219 undergraduates to the 56-item, 7-point Likert scale resulted in the extraction of 7 primary dimensions of life attitudes (life purpose, existential vacuum, life control, death acceptance, will to meaning, goal seeking, and future meaning to fulfill) and 3 higher order factors. The normative data showed that males scored significantly higher on the death acceptance dimension and on the total LAP compared to females. Age was significantly related to a number of the LAP factors for males but not for females. (10 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
