Life Crafting Scale (LCS)
A 9-item multidimensional meaning-making measure assessing cognitive crafting, seeking social support, and seeking challenges.
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About This Instrument
The Life Crafting Scale measures how intentionally people create meaningful life experiences. It captures three proactive meaning-making behaviors: Cognitive Crafting (reframing life in terms of contribution and purpose), Seeking Social Support (actively asking others for help and guidance), and Seeking Challenges (pursuing growth through demanding activities). The instrument was developed as a concise, multidimensional measure of overall life crafting.
9 Items
3 subscales
1–5 Scale
Never – Always
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Conditions of Use: This instrument is shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license. You may use it for academic, educational, and research purposes at no cost, provided that you give appropriate attribution to Prof. Llewellyn E. van Zyl and cite the original publication. Commercial use is not permitted. You do not need to email for permission. By downloading the instrument below, you confirm that you agree to these terms.
Reference: Chen, S., van der Meij, L., van Zyl, L. E., & Demerouti, E. (2022). The life crafting scale: Development and validation of a multi-dimensional meaning-making measure. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 795686. View publication
Complete the Life Crafting
Answer all 9 items below, then calculate your results.
Instructions
For the following set of questions, think about how you approach different components of your life. Consider the strategies you employ to create meaningful life experiences. Then rate each item as it applies to your life.
Completion
Cognitive Crafting
I think about how my life helps others.
I think about how my actions positively impact my community.
I think about how my life contributes to society.
Seeking Social Support
I actively ask people for advice when I encounter difficulties.
I seek support from my family when I am down.
I am willing to ask others for help when things become too difficult to bear.
Seeking Challenges
I try to work hard on challenging activities.
I change my activities so that they are more challenging.
I seek out opportunities that challenge my skills and abilities.
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