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Table 5 Correlation matrix of the dimensions of LAP-R with dimensions of AFEQT (subsamples of young adults and middle-aged adults, n = 302)

From: Divergent patterns of confrontation with death using the Anticipated Farewell to Existence Questionnaire (AFEQT): a cross-sectional comparative study of four samples with increasing proximity to death

  I II III IV Va Vb
r p r p r p r p r p r p
Life purpose (PU) 0.42*** 0.46*** 0.51*** 0.72*** -0.25*** 0.26***
Coherence (CO) 0.56*** 0.54*** 0.48*** 0.61*** -0.19** 0.36***
Choice/Responsibleness (CR) n.s n.s 0.22*** 0.31 n.s 0.15**
Death acceptance (DA) 0.14* 0.34*** 0.25*** 0.14* n.s 0.32***
Existential vacuum (EV) -0.37*** -0.41*** -0.38*** -0.60*** 0.45*** n.s
Goal seeking (GS) n.s -0.16** n.s -0.19*** 0.27*** 0.14**
Personal Meaning Index (PMI) 0.54*** 0.55*** 0.54*** 0.72*** -0.23*** 0.34***
Existential transcendence (ET) 0.45*** 0.56*** 0.51*** 0.71*** -0.31*** 0.30***
  1. Note : Alpha correction for 40 tests gives a significance value of p* < 0.0013
  2. Post hoc power (1-β)when n = 302, ρH1 = 0.30, α = 0.05 amounts 0.99
  3. r = product-moment correlation coefficient; p = significance level of tests; n.s. = statistically not significant at 0.05‒level; * < 0.05; ** < 0.01; *** < 0.001; I = Self-transcendence; II = Expiration of one’s existence time; III = Altruistic preoccupation; IV = Reconciliation with own existence; Va = Resistance; Vb = Acceptance