• DOI:10.1080/17439760903271439
Corpus ID: 15756576

Purpose, hope, and life satisfaction in three age groups

@article{Bronk2009PurposeHA,
  title={Purpose, hope, and life satisfaction in three age groups},
  author={Kendall Cotton Bronk and P. Hill and D. Lapsley and Tasneem L. Talib and H. Finch},
  journal={The Journal of Positive Psychology},
  year={2009},
  volume={4},
  pages={500 - 510}
}

Kendall Cotton Bronk, P. Hill, +2 authors H. Finch

Published 2009

Psychology

The Journal of Positive Psychology

Using the Revised Youth Purpose Survey (Bundick et al., 2006), the Trait Hope Scale (Snyder et al., 1991), and the Satisfaction with Life Scale (Diener, Emmons, Larsen, & Griffin, 1985), the present study examined the relationship among purpose, hope, and life satisfaction among 153 adolescents, 237 emerging adults, and 416 adults (N = 806). Results of this cross-sectional study revealed that having identified a purpose in life was associated with greater life satisfaction at these three stages… CONTINUE READING

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