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"What on eath am I here for?" by briaparks
Question Your Answer
1. The questionnaire below has been developed by experimental psychology students at San Diego State University. The goal of this study is to understand further life purpose. The questionnaire below is anonymous and your time and honesty are appreciated.
2. Please fill in or circle your responses
3. Age
4. Gender: Male / Female
5. Highest level of education completed: High school, Some College, Bachelors Degree, Graduate Degree
6. Do you associate yourself with a religious affiliation? No / Yes
7. If YES, please circle a religious affiliation you most closely identify with? Catholic, Islam, Christian, Jewish, or Other
8. Ethnicity: Caucasian, African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Latino/Hispanic, Middle Eastern, Other
9. Are you financially independent? No / Yes
10. If you marked NO what is the annual income of the main provider of your household? Less than 30,000 / More than 30,000
11. If you marked YES what is your annual income? Less than 30,000 / More than 30,000
12. Do you have children? No / Yes
13. If YES, does the government provide you any financial assistance? No / Yes
14. Please circle your response to the extent that you agree or disagree with each item below by using a scale ranging from strongly disagree to strong agree.
15. I am often bored. 1(Strongly Disagree), 2(Disagree, 3(Neutral), 4(Agree) 5(Strongly Agree)
16. In general, my life seems dull.
17. I have definite ideas of things I want to do. 1(Strongly Disagree), 2(Disagree, 3(Neutral), 4(Agree) 5(Strongly Agree)
18. Most days seems to be the same old thing. 1(Strongly Disagree), 2(Disagree, 3(Neutral), 4(Agree) 5(Strongly Agree)
19. If I could live my life again, I would live it pretty much the same way. 1(Strongly Disagree), 2(Disagree, 3(Neutral), 4(Agree)
20. 5(Strongly Agree)
21. Retirement means a time for me to do some of the exciting things I have always
22. wanted to do.
23. I have made only a little progress toward reaching my life goal.
24. My life is kind of empty.
25. If I should die today, I often wonder that my life has been worth while.
26. In thinking of my life, I often wonder why I am alive.
27. My life does not seem to fit well into the rest of the world.
28. I am usually a reliable, responsible person.
29. People usually don’t have much freedom to make their own choices.
30. I am not prepared for death.
31. Sometimes I think that suicide may be a good way out for me.
32. I am usually able to think of a usefulness to my life.
33. I have much control over my life.
34. My daily tasks are kind of boring.
35. I have discovered many reasons why I was born.
36. Although I believe in my religion, I feel there are many more important things in my life.
37. It doesn’t matter so much what I believe so long as I lead a moral life.
38. It is important for me to spend periods of time in private religious thought and meditation.
39. If not prevented by unavoidable circumstances, I attend church.
40. I was not very interested in religion until I began to ask questions about the meaning and purpose of my life.
41. I have been driven to ask religious questions out of a growing awareness of the tensions in my world and in my relation to my world.
42. The church is most important as a place to formulate good social relationships.
43. I try hard to carry my religion over into all my other dealings in life.
44. My life experiences have led me to rethink my religious convictions.
45. My prayers said alone carry as much personal meaning as those said by me during services.
46. God wasn’t very important for me until I began to ask questions about the meaning of my life.
47. What religion offers me most is comfort when sorrows and misfortunes strike.
48. I pray mainly because I have been taught to pray.
49. It might be said that I value my religious doubts and uncertainties.
50. Quite often I have been keenly aware of the presence of God or the divine being.
51. I read literature about my faith (or church).
52. I am a religious person, but I refuse to let religious considerations influence my everyday affairs.
53. Questions are far more central to my religious experience than are the answers.
54. As I grow and change I expect my religion also to grow and change.
55. Occasionally I find it necessary to compromise my religious beliefs in order to protect my social and economical well-being.
56. My religious beliefs are what really lie behind my whole approach in life.
57. One reason I am a church member is that such membership helps to establish a person in the community.
58. I am consistently questioning my religious beliefs.
59. I do not expect my religious convictions to change in the next few years.
60. The purpose of prayer is to secure a happy and peaceful life.
61. My religion is important to me because it answers many questions about the meaning of life.
62. There are many religious issues on which my views are still changing.
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