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The Life Crafting Scale: Development and Validation of a Multi-Dimensional Meaning-Making Measure.
Shi Chen1, Leander van der Meij1, Llewellyn E van Zyl1,2,3,4
1Human Performance Management Group, Department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences, University of Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Netherlands.
Frontiers in Psychology
|March 25, 2022
Summary
Life Crafting behaviors, including cognitive reframing, social support, and challenge seeking, are key to finding meaning and improving mental health. A new Life Crafting Scale reliably measures these efforts, aiding in tracking intervention effectiveness.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Mental Health
- Well-being
Background:
- Finding meaning is fundamental to human experience and mental health.
- Individuals actively seek or create meaning through 'Life Crafting' behaviors.
- No existing instrument measures overall life crafting effectively.
Purpose of the Study:
- To conceptualize life crafting.
- To develop and validate a robust measure of overall life crafting.
Main Methods:
- Mixed-method, multi-study design.
- Qualitative interviews to identify crafting techniques.
- Quantitative studies (N=331, N=362) to establish factorial structure, reliability, and validity.
Main Results:
- Supported a three-factor structure: cognitive crafting, seeking social support, and seeking challenges.
- Confirmed a second-order factorial model for the Life Crafting Scale.
- Demonstrated strong criterion validity with meaning in life, mental health, work engagement, and job burnout.
Conclusions:
- The Life Crafting Scale is a valid and reliable instrument.
- It can measure and track the effectiveness of life crafting interventions.
- Enhances understanding of meaning-making and its impact on well-being.
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