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Peer reviewedPhillips, Walter M. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1980
The Purpose in Life (PIL) measures more than absence of depression and internalized perceived locus of psychological reinforcement. Depressed external individuals are more identifiable from their existential malaise or emptyness. The experience of reinforcement for being in the world is beyond their control. (Author)
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Depression (Psychology), Locus of Control, Measures (Individuals)
