چکیده مقاله
The aims of the present study were a to devise a scale to measure four philosophical attitudestoward life: nihilism, dogmatism, pragmatism and idealism, and b to explore the association ofthese personal philosophies toward life with personality traits In a sample of 82 undergraduatesenrolled in psychology courses at a rural state college in Stockton University, a PersonalPhilosophy toward Life Scale PPLS for measuring these four philosophies of life wasdeveloped The respondents were also administered the short form of the Eysenck PersonalityQuestionnaire Revised EPQ RS The Cronbach alphas ranged from 0 47 to 0 70 for the PPLSsubscales, denoting moderate reliability The four personal philosophies toward life wereassociated, and two factors were identified and labeled: Pragmatism/Idealism PhilosophicalOutlook on Life Factor 1 and Nihilism/Dogmatism Philosophical Outlook on Life Factor 2 Scores for having a nihilistic and dogmatic outlook on life were associated with higher scores onmeasures of neuroticism, while scores of idealism and pragmatism were associated with lowerscores on a measure of psychoticism The results of this study suggest that psychological wellbeingmay be associated with one’s philosophy of life Suggestions were made for futureresearch
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نویسندگان
David Lester
Psychology Program, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Stockton University, Galloway, NJ, USA
Benjamin Dench
Psychology Program, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Stockton University, Galloway, NJ, USA
Mahboubeh Dadfar
Department of Addiction, School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Iran University of MedicalSciences, Tehran, Iran
شیوه ارجاع
Lester, David and Dench, Benjamin and Dadfar, Mahboubeh,1403,Personal philosophy toward life and its association with personality traits,18th International Conference on Health, Treatment and Health Promotion
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مجموعه مقالات هجدهمین کنفرانس بین المللی بهداشت، درمان و ارتقای سلامت18 آبان 1403