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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...
A global experiment on motivating social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic
Legate, Nicole; Nguyen, Thuy-vy; Weinstein, Netta; Moller, Arlen; Legault, Lisa; Vally, Zahir; Tajchman, Zuzanna; Zsido, Andras N.; Zrimsek, MihaFinding communication strategies that effectively motivate social distancing continues to be a global public health priority during the COVID-19 pandemic. This cross-country, preregistered experiment (n = 25,718 from 89 countries) tested hypotheses concerning generalizable positive and negative outcomes of social distancing messages that promoted personal agency and reflective choices (i.e., an autonomy-support...