Poster Presentation 6th World Congress on Positive Psychology 2019

Validation Of The Korean Version Of Meaning In Life In Children Questionnaire (K-MIL-CQ) (#783)

Joo Yeon Shin 1 , Younyoung Choi 2 , Jungmin Ko 3
  1. Graduate School of Education, Inha university, Incheon, South Korea
  2. Adolescence Counseling, Hanyang Cyber University, Seoul, South Korea
  3. Department of Mathematics Education, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea

Meaning in life(MIL) has been widely recognized as a hallmark of psychological well-being and positive youth development. Yet, little empirical research exists regarding MIL among children, possibly due to a lack of proper measurement tools for this population. This study aimed to validate the Korean version of Meaning in Life in Children Questionnaire(K-MIL-CQ). Data were obtained from 277 Korean elementary school students (5th grade, aged 10-11, 55.2% male). The Korean-translated MIL-CQ(Shoshani & Russo-Netzer, 2017) and a selection of psychological and social well-being measures were administered. Results showed that 1) the content of domains and items were appropriate to measure MIL, 2) a three-factor model was confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis (CFI and TLI are above .92 and .93; RMSEA is below .076; SRMR is below .049), 3) higher levels of MIL were related to higher levels of life satisfaction, positive affect, self-esteem, and better social relationship (r = .670 .650, .698, and .543, respectively), 4) Cronbach’s α was .93, and 5) all items appropriately functioned to measure MIL, indicated by infit and outfit based on Rasch model of IRT. The final version of K-MIL-CQ appropriately and properly measures the construct of MIL among Korean elementary school students.