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We translated the Meaning in Life Measure (MILM) to German and examined its psychometric properties in two studies. The MILM is an 8-item self-report instrument that assesses the experience of meaning in life (MILM-E) and reflectivity about meaning in life (MILM-R) with two subscales. In Study 1 (\n                    <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u20091,189), we confirmed that the German MILM-E and MILM-R load on two positively correlated latent factors, replicating the two-factor structure of the original English measure. In Study 2 we conducted a follow-up assessment (\n                    <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u2009300) nine months later, again confirming the fit of the two-factor structure. Additionally, we examined the nomological network of the MILM by relating both subscales to well-being, self-efficacy, satisfaction with life, preference for intuition and deliberation, rumination, and religiosity\/spirituality. All hypotheses regarding the direction of associations were pre-registered. As expected, the MILM-E demonstrated strong correlations with concurrent meaning in life measures (\n                    <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&gt;\u2009.60) and substantial positive correlations with well-being indicators. The MILM-R correlated positively with search for meaning and rumination but, contrary to our expectations, was not significantly associated with well-being measures. Test-retest correlations over nine months indicated a high temporal rank-order stability of both subscales (MILM-E:\n                    <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u2009.64; MILM-R:\n                    <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u2009.59).\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0335263","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,17]],"date-time":"2025-11-17T18:22:24Z","timestamp":1763403744000},"page":"e0335263","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.corrections_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Validation of the German version of the meaning in life 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