3,555 responses from 711 respondents to 5 items.
| Description | Scores for meaning in life among Chinese employees. |
|---|---|
| Reference | Sun, J., Wu, W., & Goodwin, G. P. (2025). Are moral people happier? Answers from reputation-based measures of moral character. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 128(5), 1160–1180. |
| DOI | 10.1037/pspp0000539 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Source data | https://osf.io/5e9y3/overview |
| Responses | 3,555 |
|---|---|
| Respondents | 711 |
| Items | 5 |
| Response categories | 7 |
| Responses per respondent | 5 |
| Responses per item | 711 |
| Density | 1 |
| Longitudinal | FALSE |
| age range | Mixed |
|---|---|
| sample | Targeted/specific |
| construct type | Opinion/attitude |
| measurement tool | Survey/questionnaire |
| item format | Slider/continuous |
| primary language(s) | eng, chi |
| construct name | Meaning |
This table has item text in the IRW: the wording administered to respondents, not just the response codes.
| Instrument | Scores for meaning in life among Chinese employees. |
|---|---|
| Mean words per item | 7.400 |
| Mean characters per item | 38.800 |
| Mean characters per response | 3.286 |
| Flesch-Kincaid grade level | 3.242 |
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Or load it directly in R or Python:
# R
install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("itemresponsewarehouse/Rpkg")
library(irw)
df <- irw_fetch("sun_2025_morality_study2_meaning")
# Python
pip install irw
import irw
df = irw.fetch("sun_2025_morality_study2_meaning")
| IRW version | v393 |
|---|---|
| Redivis dataset | item_response_warehouse_2 v19.0 |
| Redivis dataset DOI | 10.57761/qtx5-4m80 |
| Manifest pin for this IRW version | v19.0 |
| Metadata source | irw_meta v23.0 |