title: The Meaningful Activity Participation Assessment: a measure of engagement in personally valued activities.
abstract: The Meaningful Activity Participation Assessment (MAPA), a recently developed 28-item tool designed to measure the meaningfulness of activity, was tested in a sample of 154 older adults. The MAPA evidenced a sufficient level of internal consistency and test-retest reliability and correlated as theoretically predicted with the Life Satisfaction Index-Z, the Satisfaction with Life Scale, the Engagement in Meaningful Activities Survey, the Purpose in Life Test, the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Inventory and the Rand SF-36v2 Health Survey subscales. Zero-order correlations consistently demonstrated meaningful relationships between the MAPA and scales of psychosocial well-being and health-related quality of life. Results from multiple regression analyses further substantiated these findings, as greater meaningful activity participation was associated with better psychological well-being and health-related quality of life. The MAPA appears to be a reliable and valid measure of meaningful activity, incorporating both subjective and objective indicators of activity engagement.
authors.affiliation: Physical and Occupational Therapy, Idaho State University, Pocatello 83209, USA. eakmaaro@isu.edu
authors.forename: Aaron M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Eakman
authors.forename: Mike E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Carlson
authors.forename: Florence A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires