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Measurement invariance of the meaning in life questionnaire across 17 countries
Schutte, Lusilda; Brdar, Ingrid; Wissing, Marié P.; Tončić, Marko; Araujo, Ulisses; Carlquist, Erik; Castro Solano, Alejandro; Freire, TeresaThe Meaning in Life Questionnaire assesses presence of and search for meaning in life. Although the questionnaire has shown promising psychometric properties in samples from diferent countries, the scale’s measurement invariance across a large number of nations has yet to be assessed. This study is aimed at addressing this gap, providing insight into how meaning in life is constructed and experienced across cou...
Positive Traits Inventory : psychometric analyses of a short form
De La Iglesia, Guadalupe; Castro Solano, Alejandro; Gallagher, StephenAbstract: The aim of this paper was generating a short form of the Positive Traits Inventory (PTI-5-SF) by means of three consecutive studies, using a cross-sectional design. The first study tested the psychometric properties of the shorter version of PTI-5. Results showed that a 25-item scale was appropriate to capture the five positive traits of the Positive Personality Model (PPM). In the second study, the P...
Positive Traits Inventory: Psychometric analyses of a short form
de la Iglesia, Guadalupe; Castro Solano, Alejandro; Gallagher, StephenThe aim of this paper was generating a short form of the Positive Traits Inventory (PTI-5-SF) by means of three consecutive studies, using a cross-sectional design. The first study tested the psychometric properties of the shorter version of PTI-5. Results showed that a 25-item scale was appropriate to capture the five positive traits of the Positive Personality Model (PPM). In the secondstudy, the PTI-5-SF was...
Lay definitions of happiness across nations: The Primacy of inner harmony and r...
Delle Fave, Antonella; Brdar, Ingrid; Wissing, Marie P.; Araujo, Ulisses; Castro Solano, Alejandro; Freire, Teresa; Del Rocio Hernandez-Pozo, MariaIn well-being research the term happiness is often used as synonymous with life satisfaction. However, little is known about lay people's understanding of happiness. Building on the available literature, this study explored lay definitions of happiness across nations and cultural dimensions, analyzing their components and relationship with participants' demographic features. Participants were 2799 adults (age r...