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Table 1 Descriptive statistics and paired sample t-tests

From: Meaningfulness protects from and crisis of meaning exacerbates general mental distress longitudinally

Variable

αT1

M/SD T1

α T2

M/SD T2

rT1-T2

t(430)

dHCc

95% CI for dHC (LL, UL)

Meaningfulnessa

.81

3.01/1.16

.83

3.07/1.12

.76

-1.59

-.08

-.171, 0.18

Crisis of meaninga

.92

1.08/1.26

.94

0.96/1.20

.72

2.80

.14

.040, .230

General mental distressb

.84

3.29/2.78

.83

2.97/2.59

.61

2.75

.13

.037, .227

  1. Note. N = 431
  2. a range = 0–5
  3. b PHQ-4 sum score, range = 0–12
  4. c Cohen’s d with Hedges’ correction
  5. T1 Time 1, T2 Time 2. Bold = significant at p = .006 (two-sided)