Scale overview: The Spiritual Meaning Scale (SMS) was developed to measure a person’s belief in a meaningful life, which may include the idea that life has a purpose (Mascaro et al., 2004). A revised version has 15 items (Mascaro & Rosen, 2006).
Authors: Mascaro and Rosen
Response
Type: Each item is
rated on a five-point scale of personal agreement from 1 = I totally disagree
to 5 = I totally agree.
Scale
items
Psychometric
properties
Mascaro
(2006) reported evidence of good internal and test-retest reliability. Validity
evidence includes significant positive correlations with hope and significant
negative correlations with depression and hopelessness.
Availability:
See Mascaro,
N. (29 October 2006) below.
References
for the scale
Mascaro, N.
(29 October 2006). Longitudinal analysis of the relationship of existential
meaning with depression and hope. Dissertation retrieved from Longitudinal
analysis of the relationship of existential meaning with depression and hope -
CORE.
Mascaro, N., & Rosen, D. H. (2006). The role of
existential meaning as a buffer against stress. Journal of Humanistic
Psychology, 46(2), 168–190. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022167805283779
Mascaro, N., Rosen, D. H., & Morey, L. C. (2004). The
development, construct validity, and clinical utility of the spiritual meaning
scale. Personality and Individual Differences, 37(4),
845–860. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2003.12.011
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