Number

Questions

Affiliation with God

Satisfaction with life

Alienation from God-sense of meaningless life

SWS1

I don’t find much satisfaction in private prayer with God.

−0.566

0.142

0.472

SWS3

I believe that God loves me and cares about me.

0.763

0.168

−0.125

SWS5

I believe that God is impersonal and not interested in my daily situations.

−0.531

0.097

0.446

SWS7

I have a personally meaningful relationship with God.

0.738

0.216

−0.079

SWS11

I believe that God is concerned about my problems.

0.733

0.147

−0.086

SWS15

My relationship with God helps me not to feel lonely.

0.775

0.110

0.007

SWS17

I feel most fulfilled when I’m in close communion with God.

0.804

0.091

0.087

SWS19

My relation with God contributes to my sense of well-being.

0.825

0.121

0.050

SWS4

I feel that life is a positive experience.

0.119

0.630

−0.78

SWS8

I feel very fulfilled and satisfied with life.

0.043

0.775

−0.081

SWS10

I feel a sense of well-being about the direction my life is headed in.

0.154

0.757

−0.055

SWS14

I feel good about my future.

0.095

0.607

−0.192

SWS20

I believe there is some real purpose for my life.

0.369

0.559

−0.041

SWS2

I don’t know who I am, where I came from, or where I’m going.

−0.109

−0.081

0.632

SWS6

I feel unsettled about my future.

−0.027

−0.143

0.450

SWS9

I don’t get much personal strength and support from my God.

−0.381

0.184

0.492

SWS12

I don’t enjoy much about life

0.222

−0.469

0.573

SWS13

I don’t have a personally satisfying relationship with God.

−0.343

0.029

0.618

SWS16

I feel that life is full of conflict and unhappiness.

0.242

−0.268

0.472

SWS18

Life doesn’t have much meaning.

0.140

−0.337

0.586

Eigen values

4.784

2.883

2.642

% of variance

23.911

14.4

13.181

Cronbach’s a

0.882

0.738

0.669