ERIC Number: EJ885292
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 19
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The Meaningful Activity Participation Assessment: A Measure of Engagement in Personally Valued Activities
Eakman, Aaron M.; Carlson, Mike E.; Clark, Florence A.
International Journal of Aging and Human Development, v70 n4 p299-317 2010
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. (Contains 7 tables.)
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Quality of Life, Depression (Psychology), Older Adults, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Correlation, Psychological Patterns, Social Influences, Well Being, Participation, Check Lists, Gender Differences, Racial Differences, Marital Status, Housing, Educational Attainment, Income
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Purpose in Life Test
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