Research Article
Psychometric Properties of the Existence Subscale of the Purpose in Life Questionnaire for Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong
Table 2
Items statistics of existence subscale of purpose in life scale ().
| Items equivalent to PIL | mean | SD | median | mode | SE | Corrected item-total correlation | Squared multiple correlation | Cronbach’s alpha if item deleted | Factor loading |
| (1) I am usually completed | 5.02 | 1.38 | 5.00 | 5 | 0.03 | 0.74 | 0.60 | 0.85 | 0.80 | Bored—enthusiastic | | | | | | | | | | (2) Life to me seems always | 4.97 | 1.41 | 5.00 | 5 | 0.03 | 0.70 | 0.58 | 0.86 | 0.77 | Exciting—completely routine | | | | | | | | | | (6) If I could choose, I would | 5.14 | 1.74 | 5.00 | 7 | 0.03 | 0.71 | 0.51 | 0.85 | 0.76 | prefer never to have been— | | | | | | | | | | embrace my current life | | | | | | | | | | (8) I achieving life goals, I made | 4.47 | 1.29 | 5.00 | 5 | 0.02 | 0.59 | 0.40 | 0.87 | 0.64 | no progress—progressed to | | | | | | | | | | complete fulfillment | | | | | | | | | | (9) My life is empty, filled with | 4.99 | 1.54 | 5.00 | 5 | 0.03 | 0.78 | 0.62 | 0.85 | 0.84 | despair, running over with good | | | | | | | | | | things | | | | | | | | | | (12) As I view the world in | 4.62 | 1.55 | 5.00 | 5 | 0.03 | 0.71 | 0.52 | 0.85 | 0.77 | relation to my life, the world | | | | | | | | | | completely confuses me—fits | | | | | | | | | | meaningfully with my life | | | | | | | | | | (16) With regard to suicide, I have | 5.15 | 1.97 | 6.00 | 7 | 0.04 | 0.49 | 0.35 | 0.88 | 0.52 | thought of it seriously as a way | | | | | | | | | | out—never given it a second | | | | | | | | | | thought | | | | | | | | | |
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