The Life Engagement Test: assessing purpose in life.

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Published in J Behav Med on March 24, 2006

Authors

Michael F Scheier1, Carsten Wrosch, Andrew Baum, Sheldon Cohen, Lynn M Martire, Karen A Matthews, Richard Schulz, Bozena Zdaniuk

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. scheier@cmu.edu

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