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Table 4 Stepwise regression analysis of images of God and patient characteristics with SWB scales

From: Images of God and attitudes towards death in relation to spiritual wellbeing: an exploratory side study of the EORTC QLQ-SWB32 validation study in palliative cancer patients

Dependent variable (SWB questionnaire)

model

Independent variables (Images of God, attitudes towards death, patient characteristics)

Standardized coefficients Beta

Sig.

R

R2

Adjusted R2

Existential

1

Unknowable God

-,391

,008

,391

,153

,133

2

Unknowable God

-,330

,022

,484

,234

,197

WHO score

-,291

,041

Relation to Self

1

Unknowable God

-,578

,000

,578

,334

,319

Relation to Others

1

Education

,322

,024

,322

,104

,084

  1. Stepwise linear regression was performed on only three SWB scales: EX, RS and RO, see methods. Per SWB scale all significant models are shown with the independent variables which were entered successively