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Evaluation of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire and Dispositional Hope Scale With Latina/o Students
Author(s) -
VELA JAVIER CAVAZOS,
IKONOMOPOULOS JAMES,
LENZ A. STEPHEN,
HINOJOSA YVETTE,
SALDANA KARLA
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the journal of humanistic counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.593
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2161-1939
pISSN - 2159-0311
DOI - 10.1002/johc.12051
Subject(s) - internal consistency , psychology , meaning (existential) , confirmatory factor analysis , scale (ratio) , social psychology , purpose in life , psychometrics , clinical psychology , structural equation modeling , psychotherapist , statistics , mathematics , physics , quantum mechanics
In this study, the authors investigated the psychometric properties of measures of meaning in life and hope among Latina/o students. Participants completed the Meaning in Life Questionnaire (Steger, Frazier, Oishi, & Kaler, [Steger, M., 2006]) and Dispositional Hope Scale (Snyder et al., [Snyder, C. R., 1991]). A confirmatory factor analysis was used to evaluate structural validity. For the Meaning in Life Scale, internal consistency was good and acceptable as measured by coefficient alpha and a modest 2‐subscale structure was confirmed. For the Dispositional Hope Scale, internal consistency was good and acceptable as measured by coefficient alpha and a modest 2‐factor structure was confirmed. The authors discuss the importance of these findings as well as implications for counselors and researchers.