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 (𝑛=2,842).

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