Reliability and validity test of Chinese version of Personal Meaning Index(PMI)in medical students
Ye Youhao
Gao Yulin
Abstract：Objective:To translate and revise the Personal Meaning Index(PMI),and evaluate the reliability and validity of the Chinese version in undergraduate medical students.Methods:Using stratified cluster sampling method,a total of 436 medical students were in-vestigated by the Chinese version of PMI and the Meaning in Life Questionnaire(MLQ).The validity of the survey data was analyzed by validity test and reliability analysis.Results:All the entries in the Chinese version of PMI had a higher degree of discrimination.Ex-ploratory factor analysis showed that PMI had two factors:sense of life value and clear sense,which explained 56.71% of the total va-riance.The confirmatory factor analysis showed that the fitting index of the two factor model was better than that of the single-factor model.The correlation between Chinese version of PMI and MLQ was significant(r=0.249-0.959,P<0.01).The internal consis-tency coefficient of the Chinese version of PMI was 0.925,and the retest reliability was 0.890.Conclusions:The Chinese version of PMI showed good reliability and validity in the evaluation of medical students.
Keywords：Personal Meaning Index(PMI)reliabilityvaliditymedical studentslife attitudemeaning of life
Publication Date：2018-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 710-713 )