Assessing Meaning in Life for Gifted Learners: Validation of a Chinese Version of "Meaning in Life in Children Questionnaire"

Autor/inn/en	Yuen, Mantak; Chan, Ryder T. H.; Zhang, Jiahong; Fung, Eric; Chan, Serene
Titel	Assessing Meaning in Life for Gifted Learners: Validation of a Chinese Version of "Meaning in Life in Children Questionnaire"
Quelle	In: Gifted and Talented International, 38 (2023) 1, S.1-11 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Yuen, Mantak)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1533-2276
DOI	10.1080/15332276.2022.2150589
Schlagwörter	Academically Gifted; Test Validity; Chinese; Foreign Countries; Life Satisfaction; World Views; Children; Questionnaires; Psychometrics; Elementary School Students; Secondary School Students; Factor Analysis; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Testvalidität; China; Chinesen; Ausland; Lebensvollendung; World view; Weltanschauung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Fragebogen; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Sekundarschüler; Faktorenanalyse; Hongkong
Abstract	Meaning in Life Children Questionnaire (MIL-CQ) was developed with reference to Frankl's meaning triangle that has dimensions of Attitude, Creativity, and Experience. The current study translated MIL-CQ into Chinese (MIL-CQ-C), and evaluated its psychometric properties in a sample of 264 upper primary and secondary school gifted students in Hong Kong. Dimensionality of MIL-CQ-C was investigated via exploratory factor analysis using the robust weighted least square estimator. Measurement invariance across gender was investigated. Convergent validity was evaluated by testing MIL-CQ-C as the mediator of social connectedness in predicting presence of meaning in life and search for meaning in life. After removal of three items, exploratory factor analysis supported the original 3-factor structure with substantial factor loadings ([lambda] = 0.53-0.91) and good reliability ([omega] = 0.85-0.92). The MIL-CQ-C showed scalar measurement invariance across gender. The MIL-CQ-C was positively correlated with social connectedness, presence of meaning in life, and search for meaning in life. The MIL-CQ-C mediated the relationship between social connectedness and presence of meaning in life and search for meaning in life. The findings lend support to a valid 3-factor structure for MIL-CQ-C when completed by gifted learners in Hong Kong. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01