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 9 Two hierarchical multiple regressions to predict general mental distress

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

Model	Predictors	B	SE B	95% CI for B		β	r_{zero order}	R² (ΔR²)
Model	Predictors	B	SE B	LL	UL	β	r_{zero order}	R² (ΔR²)
1	Intercept	3.45^***	0.75	1.98	4.92
	Age	-0.05^***	0.01	− 0.06	− 0.04	− 0.27	− 0.28^***
	Gender	-0.51^**	0.18	− 0.85	− 0.16	− 0.09	− 0.13^***
	Partnered	-0.19	0.18	− 0.55	0.18	− 0.03	− 0.11^***
	Children	-0.12	0.09	− 0.30	0.05	− 0.04	− 0.15^***
	Education	0.00	0.05	− 0.09	0.09	0.00	0.02
	East vs. West	0.36	0.25	− 0.12	0.85	0.04	0.02
	Religion	-0.35	0.18	− 0.70	0.01	− 0.06	− 0.08*
	Financial hardship	0.82^***	0.08	0.68	0.97	0.33	0.34^***	0.21
2	MEANING SCALES
	Intercept	4.20^***	0.73	2.77	5.62
	Age	-0.02^***	0.00	− 0.03	− 0.01	− 0.12	− 0.28^***
	Gender	-0.59^***	0.14	− 0.87	− 0.31	− 0.10	− 0.13^***
	Partnered	0.16	0.15	− 0.13	0.46	0.03	− 0.11^***
	Children	0.03	0.07	− 0.12	0.17	0.01	− 0.15^***
	Education	0.02	0.04	− 0.05	0.10	0.02	0.02
	East vs. West	0.01	0.20	− 0.39	0.40	0.00	0.02
	Religion	-0.02	0.15	− 0.32	0.27	0.00	− 0.08^*
	Financial hardship	0.44^***	0.06	0.31	0.56	0.17	0.34^***
	Meaningfulness	-0.61^***	0.10	− 0.81	− 0.40	− 0.19	− 0.54^***
	Crisis of Meaning	1.01^***	0.07	0.86	1.15	0.44	0.64^***	0.49 (0.28)
2	PURPOSE SCALES
	Intercept	6.53^***	0.84	4.88	8.17
	Age	-0.05^***	0.01	− 0.06	− 0.04	− 0.26	− 0.28^***
	Gender	-0.61^***	0.17	− 0.94	− 0.27	− 0.10	− 0.13^***
	Partnered	-0.12	0.18	− 0.47	0.23	− 0.02	− 0.11^***
	Children	-0.06	0.09	− 0.24	0.11	− 0.02	− 0.15^***
	Education	0.05	0.05	− 0.04	0.14	0.03	0.02
	East vs. West	0.26	0.24	− 0.21	0.73	0.03	0.02
	Religion	-0.18	0.20	− 0.57	0.21	− 0.03	− 0.08^*
	Financial hardship	0.76^***	0.07	0.62	0.91	0.30	0.34^***
	Sustainability	0.02	0.10	− 0.17	0.22	0.01	− 0.21^***
	Faith	0.10	0.06	− 0.02	0.22	0.06	− 0.04
	Security	-0.12	0.10	− 0.30	0.07	− 0.04	− 0.13^***
	Community	-0.18	0.10	− 0.38	0.01	− 0.06	− 0.21^***
	Personal Growth	-0.65^***	0.11	− 0.86	− 0.44	− 0.22	− 0.26^***	0.27 (0.06)

Note. N = 974. LL = Lower level. UL = Upper level
* p < .05 (two-sided). ** p < .005 (two-sided). *** p < .001 (two-sided)

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