Reliability and validity of Meaningful Life Measure-Chinese Revised in Chinese college students.
- Author:
Rong XIAO
1
;
Qiao-Zhen LAI
;
Jia-Ping YANG
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Asian Continental Ancestry Group; China; Factor Analysis, Statistical; Female; Humans; Male; Psychometrics; Reproducibility of Results; Students; Surveys and Questionnaires
- From: Journal of Southern Medical University 2016;37(4):499-504
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo test the reliability and validity of Meaningful Life Measure-Chinese Revised (MLM-CR) in Chinese college students.
METHODSA total of 1035 college students were evaluated with MLM-CR, Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), Purpose in Life (PIL) and Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2), and 120 of the students were examined with PIL-SF twice.
RESULTSAll the items in MLM-CR had good discrimination indexes (r=0.753-0.838, P<0.001). Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the hypothesized five-factor model of MLM-CR (Χ/df=3.4, GFI=0.946, AGFI=0.924, RMR=0.069, NFI=0.953, CFI=0.966, RMSEA=0.048). The total internal consistency reliability of MLM-CR was 0.942, and the alpha coefficients of the 5 dimensions ranged from 0.782 to 0.877; the total split-half reliability was 0.920, and the split-half reliability of the 5 dimensions ranged from 0.752 to 0.830; the total test-retest reliability was 0.871, and the test-retest reliability of the 5 dimensions ranged from 0.783 to 0.805. The criterion validity of MLM-CR in correlation with SWLS, PIL and PHQ-2 was 0.66, 0.755 and -0.388, respectively (P<0.01). The Average score of MLM-CR of the college students was 5.20∓0.90, and the scores were significantly higher in female students than in the male students (P<0.001).
CONCLUSIONMLM-CR has good psychometric properties for application in comprehensive evaluation of personal meaning in life.
