The Purpose-in-Life Scale (PILS): internal consistency reliability,concurrent validity and construct validity among Catholic priests in Italy |
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| Authors: | Leslie J Francis Giuseppe Crea Ursula McKenna |
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| Institution: | 1. Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit, Institute of Education, The University of Warwick, Coventry, UKleslie.francis@warwick.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2946-9980;3. Instituto de Psicologia, Universita Pontificia Salesiana, Roma, Italy;4. Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit, Institute of Education, The University of Warwick, Coventry, UKhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2625-7731 |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACTThe Purpose in Life Scale was designed to provide a 12-item unidimensional measure of purpose in life employing a five-point Likert rating for each item. The present study supports the psychometric properties of the Italian translation of this instrument among 155 Catholic priests (mean age?=?46 years, SD?=?12.16). Internal consistency reliability generated an alpha coefficient of .90. The first factor generated by principal component analysis accounted for 49.5% of variance. Concurrent validity against the Purpose in Life Test was supported by a correlation of .63. Construct validity was supported by a correlation of .54 with the Satisfaction in Ministry Scale and by a correlation of ?.51 with the Scale of Emotional Exhaustion in Ministry. These properties commend the scale for future use among Catholic priests. |
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| Keywords: | Purpose in Life Scale factor structure reliability construct validity concurrent validity Catholic priests |
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https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2946-9980;3. Instituto de Psicologia, Universita Pontificia Salesiana, Roma, Italy;4. Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit, Institute of Education, The University of Warwick, Coventry, UK