TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Purpose in life and hopelessness: An empirical study
JO  - Universitas Psychologica
A1  - García-Alandete, J.
A1  - Gallego-Pérez, J.F.
A1  - Pérez-Delgado, E.
SP  - 447
EP  - 454
VL  - 8
IS  - 2
N2  - The aim of this paper is to analyze the relationship between purpose in life and hopelessness in a sample of 302 subjects. Hypothesis declare that booth variables are significant, negative, associated. <br><br>PURPOSE In Life Test (PIL; Crumbaugh & Maholick, 1969) and Hopelessness Scale (HS; Beck, Weissman, Lester & Trexler, 1974) are used. Statistical used are Pearson's correlation coefficient and Spearman's rho coefficient. <br><br>RESULTS (r= -0.550, p= 0.000; rs= -0.502, p= 0.000) support hypothesis: purpose in life is negatively associated to hopelessness. High level of purpose in life involve less hopelessness, and existential vacuum is associated to high level of hopelessness, statistically significant.<p /> <p>Language: es</p>
LA  - es
SN  - 1657-9267
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -