title: Expressions of life meaning among college students.
abstract: This study examined the views of 132 undergraduate students (35 men, 97 women) regarding what they considered to be contributing factors to a worthwhile or meaningful life. They rated, on a 5-point Likert scale, their agreement with each of 40 statements. Cluster analysis yielded three clusters which best described the data. One cluster comprised a religious group, and the other two clusters were nonreligious, with one having characteristics of both the religious and nonreligious cluster.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Saskatchewan, 235 McLean Hall, 106 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5E6. lavery@math.usask.ca
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Laverty
authors.forename: Coralee
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pringle-Nelson
authors.forename: I W
authors.initials: IW
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Miket
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Janzen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D010684:Philosophy; D012945:Social Values; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014495:Universities