Rasch analysis of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire among adults from South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand

Table 2 Separation, reliability, fit, and dimensionality by subscale and analysis

Analysis	Separation		Reliability		Infit MNSQ		Outfit MNSQ		Dimensionality and local independence
	Person	Item	Person	Item	M	SD	M	SD	Eigenvalue of 1^st contrast	% Variance explained	Max residual r
MLQ-P	2.00	3.84	.80	.94	1.01	0.57	1.01	0.59	1.7	59.3	.04
MLQ-P-4	2.42	5.81	.85	.97	0.99	0.16	0.96	0.14	1.6	69.7	None
MLQ-P-4 1122345	2.41	5.91	.85	.97	0.99	0.14	0.98	0.14	1.6	69.1	None
MLQ-P-4 1222345	2.43	5.71	.86	.97	0.99	0.14	0.96	0.14	1.4	69.0	None
MLQ-S	2.45	5.90	.86	.97	0.99	0.17	0.97	0.17	1.6	68.7	None
MLQ-S 1223345	2.50	5.59	.86	.97	0.99	0.17	0.99	0.17	1.6	63.5	None
MLQ-S 1233456	2.52	5.74	.86	.97	0.99	0.16	0.98	0.99	1.6	66.5	None
Ideal values	>2	>3	>0.8	>0.9	<1.4	Small	<1.4	Small	<2	>40 %	<0.2

Note. MNSQ mean square statistic, Eigenvalue of 1 ^st contrast eigenvalue of the 1^st contrast in the Rasch principal components analysis of the residuals, % Variance explained % variance explained by the Rasch component in the Rasch principal components analysis of the residuals, Max residual r maximum positive residual correlation, MLQ-P original Presence of Meaning subscale of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire, MLQ-P-4 MLQ-P with item 9 removed, MLQ-P-4 1122345 MLQ-P-4 with response categories 1 and 2 collapsed and categories 3 and 4 collapsed, MLQ-P-4 1222345 MLQ-P-4 with response categories 2, 3, and 4 collapsed, MLQ-S original Search for Meaning subscale of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire, MLQ-S 1223345 MLQ-S with response categories 2 and 3 collapsed and categories 4 and 5 collapsed, MLQ-S 1233456 MLQ-S with response categories 3 and 4 collapsed

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