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The efficient measurement of individual differences in meaning motivation: The need for sense-making short form

People differ in the extent to which they express a need for sense-making (NSM), and these individual differences are important to understand in light of meaning-making processes. To quantify this important variable, we originally proposed a need for sense-making scale. We now propose a refined, sim...

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Autores principales: Cantarero, Katarzyna, van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P., Gasiorowska, Agata, Igou, Eric R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9435525/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36059741
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.945692
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author Cantarero, Katarzyna
van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P.
Gasiorowska, Agata
Igou, Eric R.
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description People differ in the extent to which they express a need for sense-making (NSM), and these individual differences are important to understand in light of meaning-making processes. To quantify this important variable, we originally proposed a need for sense-making scale. We now propose a refined, similarly reliable short version of the scale (NSM-SF). The 7-item NSM-SF was validated across a series of four studies (combined N = 1,243). NSM-SF showed psychometric properties and correlations consistent with its longer forerunner. Additionally, results indicated that the need for sense-making was moderately positively related to the satisfaction of basic psychological needs (autonomy, relatedness and competence), and it related negatively to the frustration of these needs. The research offers a useful, brief tool for assessing the NSM construct and broadens our understanding of basic psychological motivations.
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spelling pubmed-94355252022-09-02 The efficient measurement of individual differences in meaning motivation: The need for sense-making short form Cantarero, Katarzyna van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P. Gasiorowska, Agata Igou, Eric R. Front Psychol Psychology People differ in the extent to which they express a need for sense-making (NSM), and these individual differences are important to understand in light of meaning-making processes. To quantify this important variable, we originally proposed a need for sense-making scale. We now propose a refined, similarly reliable short version of the scale (NSM-SF). The 7-item NSM-SF was validated across a series of four studies (combined N = 1,243). NSM-SF showed psychometric properties and correlations consistent with its longer forerunner. Additionally, results indicated that the need for sense-making was moderately positively related to the satisfaction of basic psychological needs (autonomy, relatedness and competence), and it related negatively to the frustration of these needs. The research offers a useful, brief tool for assessing the NSM construct and broadens our understanding of basic psychological motivations. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-18 /pmc/articles/PMC9435525/ /pubmed/36059741 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.945692 Text en Copyright © 2022 Cantarero, van Tilburg, Gasiorowska and Igou. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Gasiorowska, Agata
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9435525/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36059741
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.945692
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