Reliability and Validity of the Measure of Life Priorities: A Questionnaire Based on the Good Lives Model

ABSTRACT

This study examined the reliability and validity of the “Measure of Life Priorities” (MLP) which was developed to ascertain a person’s Good Lives Model (GLM) goods. The MLP was validated against a number of relevant constructs, and the test-retest reliability of the measure was evaluated. The MLP had acceptable reliability for both Importance (α= .694) and Achievement (α= .733) of the goods. Most items demonstrated moderate test-retest reliability (ICCs from .52 to .74) and an overall trend demonstrating that items focused on Importance appeared more reliable. The implications include broadening the settings in which the GLM can be studied.

KEYWORDS:

• Good lives model
• offending behavior
• antisocial behavior
• primary human goods
• framework utility

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Credit Roles

AZ: Data Curation; Formal Analyses; Investigation; Writing – Original Draft. LH: Conceptualization; Data Curation; Investigation; Methodology; Formal Analyses; Supervision; Writing – Original Draft. KS: Formal Analyses; Writing – Original Draft. DL: Conceptualization; Investigation; Methodology

Data/Code availability statement

The data/coding that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author.

Ethics approval

This study was reviewed and approved by the Research Ethics Board (REB #14544) at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology.

Public Significant Statement

The results of this study show that the Measure of Life Priorities (MLP) had acceptable reliability for both importance and achievement and moderate test-retest reliability on most items. The MLP provides an important tool for examining the Good Lives Model in a variety of settings.