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Table 3 PAF factor loadings for the five sources of purpose scales, separately for women and men

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

Item	Scale	1	2	3	4	5
a) Female sample, N = 1,500
Sus_1	Sustainability	0.86
Sus_2		0.62	0.11
Sus_3		0.60			0.15
Fai_1	Faith		0.89
Fai_2		0.11	0.75
Fai_3			0.62
Sec_1	Security			0.70
Sec_2				0.65
Sec_3				0.63
Com_1	Community				0.76
Com_2					0.64
Com_3		0.15			0.51
Per_1	Personal Growth					0.72
Per_2						0.69
Per_3						0.58
b) Male sample, N = 1,500
Per_1	Personal Growth	0.70			0.10
Per_2		0.67
Per_3		0.65
Fai_1	Faith		0.91
Fai_2			0.80		0.11
Fai_3			0.72			0.10
Sec_1	Security	− 0.15		0.66
Sec_3				0.60
Sec_2		0.22		0.57
Sus_1	Sustainability				0.82	− 0.11
Sus_2					0.59
Sus_3					0.54	0.21
Com_2	Community					0.70
Com_1		0.13			− 0.10	0.60
Com_3					0.25	0.55

Note. Principal axis factoring, oblimin rotation

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