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

Schnell, Tatjana; Danbolt, Lars Johan

doi:10.1186/s40359-023-01319-8

Table 7 Goodness-of-fit statistics for the meaning and purpose scales in different subsamples

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

Sample	Model	χ2 (df)	CFI	SRMR	RMSEA [90% CI]	AIC	BIC
Total	Two-factor Meaningfulness, Crisis of Meaning scales	102.79 (19)	0.98	0.030	0.067 [0.055, 0.080]	136.79	219.78
	One-factor Meaningfulness, Crisis of Meaning scales	595.13 (20)	0.89	0.063	0.172 [0.160, 0.184]	627.13	705.23
	Five-factor sources of purpose scales	345.12 (80)	0.97	0.045	0.058 [0.052, 0.065]
Women	Two-factor Meaningfulness, Crisis of Meaning scales	61.67 (19)	0.99	0.031	0.067 [0.049, 0.086]	95.67	167.29
	One-factor Meaningfulness, Crisis of Meaning scales	320.06 (20)	0.90	0.060	0.174 [0.157, 0.191]	352.06	419.46
	Five-factor sources of purpose scales	262.72 (80)	0.95	0.051	0.068 [0.059, 0.077]
Men	Two-factor Meaningfulness, Crisis of Meaning scales	70.52 (19)	0.98	0.033	0.076 [0.057, 0.095]	104.52	175.29
	One-factor Meaningfulness, Crisis of Meaning scales	303.09 (20)	0.88	0.068	0.173 [0.156, 0.190]	335.09	401.70
	Five-factor sources of purpose scales	207.77 (80)	0.96	0.046	0.058 [0.048, 0.068]
Age 18–50	Two-factor Meaningfulness, Crisis of Meaning scales	58.12 (19)	0.98	0.031	0.066 [0.047, 0.086]	92.12	162.61
	One-factor Meaningfulness, Crisis of Meaning scales	255.39 (20)	0.99	0.058	0.159 [0.142, 1.77]	287.39	353.73
	Five-factor sources of purpose scales	240.12 (80)	0.95	0.056	0.066 [0.056, 0.075]
Age 51–89	Two-factor Meaningfulness, Crisis of Meaning scales	81.27 (19)	0.98	0.035	0.080 [0.063, 0.099]	115.27	187.15
	One-factor Meaningfulness, Crisis of Meaning scales	370.15 (20)	0.88	0.074	0.186 [0.170, 0.203]	402.15	469.81
	Five-factor sources of purpose scales	216.95 (80)	0.97	0.046	0.058 [0.049, 0.068]

Note. Total: N = 974. Women: n = 499. Men: n = 475. Age 18–50: n = 467. Age 51–89: n = 507. Bold = hypothesized model

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