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

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

	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***

Note : Alpha correction for 40 tests gives a significance value of p* < 0.0013
Post hoc power (1-β)when n = 302, ρH1 = 0.30, α = 0.05 amounts 0.99
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

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