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Permanence | 2.69 (0.77) | 2.6 | 0.002 | 2.71 (0.76) | 2.6 | n.s. | 2.67 (0.78) | 2.8 | 0.001 | 0.007 | n.s. | 0.04 |
Metaphysical rise | 2.48 (0.80) | 2.4 | 0.023 | 2.33 (0.80) | 2.4 | 0.045 | 2.57 (0.79) | 2.6 | n.s. | 2.45 | 0.014 | 0.30 |
D I: Self-transcendence | 2.58 (0.64) | 2.6 | n.s. | 2.51 (0.67) | 2.5 | n.s. | 2.62 (0.61) | 2.6 | 0.004 | 1.72 | n.s. | 0.18 |
Conclusion | 3.11 (1.99) | 3.2 | <0.001 | 3.04 (0.68) | 3.0 | 0.001 | 3.16 (0.59) | 3.2 | 0.006 | 1.37 | n.s. | 0.20 |
Farewell | 1.99 (0.57) | 2.0 | n.s. | 2.02 (0.57) | 2.0 | n.s. | 1.97 (0.57) | 2.0 | n.s. | 0.37 | n.s. | 0.09 |
D II: The expiration of own existence time | 2.55 (0.52) | 2.6 | 0.039 | 2.53 (0.54) | 2.6 | n.s. | 2.56 (0.50) | 2.6 | n.s. | 0.56 | n.s. | 0.07 |
Bequest | 3.20 (0.56) | 3.2 | <0.001 | 3.13 (0.58) | 3.2 | <0.001 | 3.25 (0.55) | 3.4 | <0.001 | 1.98 | 0.047 | 0.22 |
Charity | 2.73 (0.61) | 2.8 | n.s. | 2.68 (0.57) | 2.6 | n.s. | 2.76 (0.64) | 2.8 | n.s. | 1.44 | n.s. | 0.13 |
D III: Altruistic preoccupation | 2.97 (0.50) | 3.0 | <0.001 | 2.90 (0.49) | 2.9 | n.s. | 3.01 (0.50) | 3.1 | <0.001 | 2.13 | 0.032 | 0.21 |
Fulfilment of existence | 3.04 (0.66) | 3.2 | <0.001 | 2.99 (0.67) | 3.0 | <0.001 | 3.07 (0.64) | 3.2 | <0.001 | 1.08 | n.s. | 0.11 |
Harmony | 2.90 (0.70) | 3.0 | <0.001 | 2.90 (0.71) | 3.0 | <0.001 | 2.95 (0.66) | 3.0 | <0.001 | 1.05 | n.s. | 0.11 |
D IV: Reconciliation with own existence | 3.00 (0.64) | 3.1 | <0.001 | 2.95 (0.66) | 3.1 | <0.001 | 3.03 (0.62) | 3.1 | <0.001 | 1.17 | n.s. | 0.12 |
Resistance | 2.22 (0.55) | 2.2 | n.s. | 2.22 (0.50) | 2.2 | n.s. | 2.21 (0.58) | 2.2 | n.s. | 0.50 | n.s. | 0.01 |
Acceptance | 2.60 (0.64) | 2.6 | n.s. | 2.57 (0.67) | 2.6 | n.s. | 2.62 (0.62) | 2.6 | 0.031 | 0.31 | n.s. | 0.07 |
D V: Struggle for acceptance | 2.42 (0.45) | 2.4 | 0.004 | 2.41 (0.48) | 2.4 | n.s. | 2.42 (0.43) | 2.4 | 0.002 | 0.10 | n.s. | 0.01 |
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Life purpose | 4.07 (0.93) | 4.1 | <0.001 | 3.98 (0.90) | 4.1 | <0.001 | 4.13 (0.94) | 4.2 | <0.001 | 1.65 | n.s. | 0.17 |
Coherence | 3.67 (1.09) | 3.7 | 0.024 | 3.50 (0.97) | 3.5 | n.s. | 3.78 (1.14) | 3.8 | 0.004 | 2.70 | 0.007 | 0.26 |
Choice/Responsibleness | 3.81 (0.94) | 3.9 | 0.019 | 3.91 (0.87) | 4.0 | n.s. | 3.76 (0.98) | 3.7 | 0.017 | 0.95 | n.s. | 0.15 |
Death acceptance | 3.71 (1.10) | 3.7 | n.s. | 3.47 (1.18) | 3.6 | n.s. | 3.86 (1.02) | 3.8 | n.s. | 2.91 | 0.003 | 0.13 |
Existential vacuum | 2.43 (0.95) | 2.4 | <0.001 | 2.52 (0.96) | 2.4 | 0.001 | 2.38 (0.94) | 2.4 | 0.009 | 1.08 | n.s. | 0.15 |
Goal seeking | 3.46 (0.97) | 3.4 | n.s. | 3.38 (0.98) | 3.4 | n.s. | 3.51 (0.96) | 3.5 | n.s. | 1.07 | n.s. | 0.13 |
Personal meaning index | 7.75 (1.86) | 7.9 | <0.001 | 7.47 (3.51) | 7.6 | 0.005 | 7.91 (1.91) | 8.1 | 0.002 | 2.34 | 0.019 | 0.24 |
Existential transcendence | 9.37 (3.59) | 9.6 | 0.015 | 8.94 (3.51) | 9.3 | n.s. | 9.64 (3.62) | 10.0 | n.s. | 1.78 | n.s. | 0.19 |