TY - JOUR
T1 - Can a global score be derived from the Integration of Stressful Life Experiences Scale-Short Form (ISLES-SF)? Empirical support for a bi-factor model
AU - Lee, Sherman Aclaracion
AU - Caycho-Rodríguez, Tomás
AU - Vilca, Lindsey W.
AU - Neimeyer, Robert A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - The Integration of Stressful Life Experiences Scale-Short Form (ISLES-SF) is a popular, two-factor measure of meaning-making. Although researchers have used this instrument to calculate a global index of meaning-making, there has been little evidence to support this practice. Therefore, the objective of this study was to examine the validity of this approach by analyzing data from 2,380 American adults during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. A series of confirmatory factor analyses, reliability analyses, and concurrent validity analyses support a bi-factor model of meaning-making. These results affirm the practice of not only using the ISLES-SF to measure meaning-making at a global level, but also to interpret its two specific dimensions (Comprehensibility and Footing in the World) as well.
AB - The Integration of Stressful Life Experiences Scale-Short Form (ISLES-SF) is a popular, two-factor measure of meaning-making. Although researchers have used this instrument to calculate a global index of meaning-making, there has been little evidence to support this practice. Therefore, the objective of this study was to examine the validity of this approach by analyzing data from 2,380 American adults during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. A series of confirmatory factor analyses, reliability analyses, and concurrent validity analyses support a bi-factor model of meaning-making. These results affirm the practice of not only using the ISLES-SF to measure meaning-making at a global level, but also to interpret its two specific dimensions (Comprehensibility and Footing in the World) as well.
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U2 - 10.1080/07481187.2024.2368330
DO - 10.1080/07481187.2024.2368330
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85196263958
SN - 0748-1187
VL - 49
SP - 31
EP - 39
JO - Death Studies
JF - Death Studies
IS - 1
ER -