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

Table 6 Scale intercorrelations and correlations with sociodemographic and economic variables

	Meaningfulness	Crisis of Meaning	Sustainability	Faith	Security	Community	Personal Growth
Meaningfulness	--	− 0.67^***	0.60^***	0.29^***	0.32^***	0.60^***	0.69^***
Crisis of Meaning		--	− 0.29^***	− 0.08^*	− 0.13^***	− 0.27^***	− 0.39^***
Sustainability			--	0.37^***	0.24^***	0.45^***	0.54^***
Faith				--	0.08^**	0.25^***	0.30^***
Security					--	0.25^***	0.20^***
Community						--	0.49^***
Age	0.21^***	− 0.26^***	0.28^***	0.11^**	0.11^**	0.06	− 0.00
Gender^a	0.00	− 0.02	− 0.02	− 0.15^***	− 0.07^*	− 0.12^***	− 0.06
Partnered^b	0.16^***	− 0.17^***	0.04	0.01	0.02	0.15^***	0.06
Children^c	0.20^***	− 0.20^***	0.18^***	0.13^***	0.05	0.21^***	0.09^**
Education^d	0.02	0.02	0.00	− 0.04	− 0.07^*	0.07^*	0.14^***
East vs. West^e	− 0.03	0.03	− 0.01	0.15^***	− 0.00	0.01	0.01
Religion^f	0.19^***	− 0.08^*	0.16^***	0.48^***	0.08^*	0.22^***	0.18^***
Financial hardship^g	− 0.23^***	0.28^***	− 0.02	0.04	− 0.06	− 0.11^**	− 0.10^**

Note. N = 974
^a 1 = female, 2 = male. ^b 1 = not partnered (single, divorced, widowed), 2 = partnered (marriage, legalized partnership or cohabitation). ^c 0 = no children, 1 = 1 or more children. ^d Secondary, Secondary advanced, Higher education entrance qualification, Bachelor degree, Master degree, Doctorate. ^e 1 = former East, 2 = former West German states (including Berlin). ^f 1 = secular (humanist, atheist, agnostic, no affiliation). 2 = religious (Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Judaism). ^g Difficulty in making ends meet with total monthly income (0–5). ^*p < .05 (two-sided). ^**p < .01 (two-sided). ^***p < .001 (two-sided)

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