Assessment
name: Purpose in Life Scale (PIL)
Scale
overview: The Purpose
in Life Scale (PIL) uses 20 items to measure a person’s view of their purpose
in life or the meaningfulness of life.
Authors: Crumbaugh and Maholick
Response
Type:
Part A: A
self-report 7-point rating scale.
Part B: 13
sentence-completion items about one’s life purpose
Part C: respondents
are asked to write a paragraph, which includes such concepts as life goals,
hopes, and so forth.
Research
has focused on the part A items. The unique anchors have been changed to a
7-point scale of agreement by other researchers.
Sample Scale
items
Sample Part A Item 1 original format
I am usually
1=Completely bored‚ 2‚ 3‚
4=Neutral‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7 = exuberant‚ enthusiastic
Sample Part A Item 2 revised rating anchors from 1 =
Strongly Disagree to 7 = Strongly Agree
Life to me seems
always exciting.
Psychometric
properties
High scores
represent a greater sense of meaning in life and low scores indicate a loss of
meaning. The items are related to the work of Viktor Frankl.
See Crumbaugh,
J. C., & Maholick, L. T. (1964) for early psychometric properties. Other
studies support adequate reliability values and support for validity. The scale
is also available in other languages. See the PsychINFO database for additional
studies.
Availability:
Online
format by Existential Family Therapy: https://hipaa.jotform.com/220904141017038
http://fetzer.org/sites/default/files/images/stories/pdf/selfmeasures/PURPOSE_MEANING-PurposeInLifeTest.pdf
Reference
for the original scale
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,
200–207.
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