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- Fresno State author is exactly "Gitima Sharma"
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An examination of stereotypes toward varsity student-athletes based on student perceptions
Objective: Using a pragmatic inquiry approach, the present study sought to unpack, interpret, and understand the nature of and reasons behind stereotypes that might exist toward varsity student-athletes expressed by their undergraduate nonvarsity…
Measuring specific purpose orientations in working adults
The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a scale designed to measure specific purpose orientations among adults. Following literature review, a pool of items was developed and pilot tested with a convenience sample of adults recruited…
Purpose and career development: Implications for career counseling and counselor education
The aim of the present study was to explore the experiences and constructed meanings that described counseling students’ purpose in life in relation to their career development. After conducting semi-structured interviews with 22 students, we adopted…
Examining the factor structure of the revised sense of purpose scale (SOPS-2) with adults
Based on the multidimensional conceptualization of purpose, the sense of purpose scale is designed to measure three distinct constructs: awareness of purpose, altruistic purpose, and awakening to purpose. Building on previous work, the present study…
Passion for work and well-being of working adults
The purpose of the present study was to extend a study by Yukhymenko-Lescroart and Sharma (2019,“The Relationship Between Faculty Members’ Passion for Work and Well-Being”) to test the relationship between passion for work and well-being using a…
Sense of purpose and progress towards degree in freshman college students
This study examined whether first-time full-time freshman students’ sense of purpose predicted their progress towards a degree. Freshman students (N = 421, 62.2% females) completed self-report measures of sense of purpose and academic…
The Relationship Between Faculty Members’ Passion for Work and Well-Being
The present study considered the dualistic nature of passion to examine whether passion toward work predicted hedonic (life satisfaction and subjective happiness) and eudaimonic (sense of purpose) well-being. Faculty members (N = 177)…
Examining the Factor Structure of the Revised Sense of Purpose Scale (SOPS-2) with Adults
Based on the multidimensional conceptualization of purpose, the sense of purpose scale is designed to measure three distinct constructs: awareness of purpose, altruistic purpose, and awakening to purpose. Building on previous work, the present study…
Validation of the revised sense of purpose scale with emerging adults
This study focused on the validation of the Revised Sense of Purpose Scale (SOPS-2) with emerging adults. The results provided evidence for the factorial validity of the SOPS-2 designed to measure awareness of purpose, awakening to purpose, and…