Table 3.

Internal consistency in overall sample (N = 866) and test-retest reliability in 166 respondents.

	α	r	ICC
1.Significance	0.84	0.80***	0.80
2.Purpose	0.81	0.71***	0.71
3.Coherence	0.81	0.69***	0.69
4.3DM-C	0.91	0.79***	0.79

Note. 3DM-C = total score of the Chinese version of the Three-Dimensional Meaning in Life Scale; α = Cronbach’s alpha coefficient; r = pairwise Pearson correlations coefficients between T1 and T2 3DM-C total and subscale scores; ICC = pairwise intraclass correlation coefficients between T1 and T2 3DM-C total and subscale scores; ^***p < 0.001.