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Measuring a Student's Sense of Purpose In Life

This quantitative study of 354 sophomores at a large mid-western research university used web-based data collection methods to compare Chickering and Reisser’s (1993) Vector 6, Developing Purpose, as measured by the SDTLA–PUR, and Frankl’s (1959) purpose in life, as measured by the Purpose in Life Test. The study found weaker correlations between the two instruments than expected, and provides recommendations for future study of purpose in life.