Assessing meaning & purpose in life: development and validation of an item bank and short forms for the NIH PROMIS®.
John M SalsmanBenjamin D SchaletCrystal L ParkLogin GeorgeMichael F StegerElizabeth A HahnMallory A SnyderDavid CellaPublished in: Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation (2020)
The PROMIS Meaning and Purpose measures demonstrated sufficient unidimensionality and displayed good internal consistency, model fit, and convergent validity. Further psychometric testing of the PROMIS Meaning and Purpose item bank and short forms in people with chronic diseases will help evaluate the generalizability of this new tool.