Sources of Meaning and Meaning in Life Questionnaire.

SoMe

What it measures

26 sources of meaning grouped into five dimensions (vertical self-transcendence, horizontal self-transcendence, self-actualisation, order, wellbeing and relatedness), plus meaningfulness and crisis of meaning as separate outcome scales.

Length and format

151 items. 6-pt Likert agreement (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Polish, Czech and Persian adaptations - 10+ langs approx

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

mixed

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Reference

Schnell, T. (2009). The Sources of Meaning and Meaning in Life Questionnaire (SoMe): Relations to demographics and well-being. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 4(6), 483-499. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760903271074 ; German edition: Schnell, T., & Becker, P. (2007). Fragebogen zu Lebensbedeutungen und Lebenssinn (LeBe). Hogrefe.

https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760903271074