The Meaning and Purpose Scales (MAPS): development and multi-study validation of short measures of meaningfulness, crisis of meaning, and sources of purpose

Table 1 Factor loadings for the five items of the Meaningfulness scale

Item	Facet	Meaningfulness factor
1. My life is meaningful.	Meaning	0.87
2. I have found my way.	Direction	0.81
3. My life makes sense to me.	Coherence	0.81
4. I feel connected to this world.	Belonging	0.66
5. My existence enriches the life of others.	Significance	0.59

Note. These (and all other) items are ad-hoc translations of the original German items. Principal axis factoring. N = 213

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