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The Purpose-in-Life Scale (PILS) : internal consistency reliability, concurrent validity and construct validity among Catholic priests in Italy
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Francis, Leslie J., Crea, Crea and McKenna, Ursula (2019) The Purpose-in-Life Scale (PILS) : internal consistency reliability, concurrent validity and construct validity among Catholic priests in Italy. Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 22 (6). pp. 602-613. doi:10.1080/13674676.2018.153820 ISSN 1367-4676 .
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2018.1538205
Abstract
The 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.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BX Christian Denominations | ||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Catholic Church -- Clergy -- Psychological aspects, Priests -- Psychological aspects | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Mental Health, Religion and Culture | ||||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
ISSN: | 1367-4676 | ||||||
Official Date: | 2 January 2019 | ||||||
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Volume: | 22 | ||||||
Number: | 6 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 602-613 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/13674676.2018.153820 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Mental Health, Religion and Culture on 02/01/2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13674676.2018.1538205 | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 23 October 2018 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 2 January 2020 | ||||||
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