The Life Crafting Scale: Development and Validation of a Multi-Dimensional Meaning-Making Measure.
cognitive crafting
life crafting
meaning in life
meaning making
scale development
seeking challenges
seeking resources
wellbeing
Journal
Frontiers in psychology
ISSN: 1664-1078
Titre abrégé: Front Psychol
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101550902
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2022
2022
Historique:
received:
15
10
2021
accepted:
11
01
2022
entrez:
25
3
2022
pubmed:
26
3
2022
medline:
26
3
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Finding meaning in our lives is a central tenet to the human experience and a core contributor to mental health. Individuals tend to actively seek the sources of meaning in their lives or consciously enact efforts to create or "craft" meaning in different life domains. These overall "Life Crafting" behaviors refer to the conscious efforts individuals exert to create meaning in their lives through (a) cognitively (re-)framing how they view life, (b) seeking social support systems to manage life challenges, and (c) actively seeking challenges to facilitate personal growth. Specifically, these behaviors are actioned to better align life goals, personal needs, values, and capabilities. However, no psychological assessment instrument currently exists to measure overall life crafting. As such, the purpose of this paper was twofold: to conceptualize life crafting and to develop, validate and evaluate a robust measure of overall life crafting. A mixed-method, multi-study research design was employed.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35330727
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.795686
pmc: PMC8940191
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
795686Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2022 Chen, van der Meij, van Zyl and Demerouti.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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