Psychometric Properties of the Existence Subscale of the Purpose in Life Questionnaire for Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong

Table 3

Interitem correlation matrix.

	PIL 1	PIL 2	PIL 6	PIL 8	PIL 9	PIL 12	PIL 16
PIL 2	.71***
PIL 6	.59***	.58***
PIL 8	.48***	.46***	.48***
PIL 9	.66***	.64***	.63***	.57***
PIL 12	.58***	.56***	.58***	.53***	.65***
PIL 16	.40***	.35***	.45***	.32**	.44***	.42***
LS	.47***	.45***	.42***	.45***	.50***	.46***	.31**

PIL: purpose in life items; LS: satisfaction with life scale.
*** 𝑃<.001.
** 𝑃<.01.