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Table 2 Correlations between scales, age, gender, and education

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

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(1) Meaningfulness (T1)

 

.76**

-.65**

-.56**

-.43**

-.34**

(2) Meaningfulness (T2)

  

-.62**

-.72**

-.41**

-.47**

(3) Crisis of meaning (T1)

   

.72**

.64**

.48**

(4) Crisis of meaning (T2)

    

.51**

.63**

(5) General mental distress (T1)

     

.61**

(6) General mental distress (T2)

Age

.03

.06

-.03

-.03

-.09

-.15**

Gendera

.18**

.22**

-.10*

-.15**

.01

.01

Educationb

.13**

.16**

-.08

-.10*

-.08

-.11*

  1. Note. N = 431. T1 Time 1, T2 Time 2
  2. a 0 = male, 1 = female
  3. b 0 = advanced or less, 1 = university degree
  4. * p < .05 (two-sided). ** p < .01 (two-sided)
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BMC Psychiatry

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