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. 2024 Feb 19;12:1283310. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1283310

Table 7.

SOC-13 individual items and scale scores (n = 2,903).

Variables Median (IQR)
Questions
Do you have the feeling that you do not really care about what goes on around you? 6.0 (4.0)
Has it happened in the past that you were surprised by the behavior of people whom you thought you knew well? 4.0 (3.0)
Has it happened that people whom you counted on disappointed you? 3.0 (3.0)
Until now your life has had: no clear goals or purpose at all - very clear goals and purpose 6.0 (2.0)
Do you have the feeling that you are being treated unfairly? 5.0 (3.0)
Do you have the feeling that you are in an unfamiliar situation and do not know what to do? 5.0 (3.0)
Doing the things you do every day is: a source of deep pleasure and satisfaction - a source of pain and boredom 5.0 (2.0)
Do you have very mixed-up feelings and ideas? 5.0 (4.0)
Does it happen that you have feelings inside you would rather not feel? 4.0 (4.0)
Many people - even those with strong character - sometimes feel like sad losers in a certain situation. How often have you felt this way in the past? 4.0 (2.0)
When something has happened have you generally found that: you overestimated or underestimated its importance - you saw things in the right proportion 4.0 (3.0)
How often do you have the feeling that there’s little meaning in the things you do in your daily life? 5.0 (3.0)
How often do you have the feeling that you are not sure you can keep under control? 5.0 (3.0)
Scores
SOC-13 comprehensibility score 21.0 (10.0)
SOC-13 manageability score 18.0 (7.0)
SOC-13 meaningfulness score 20.0 (8.0)
SOC-13 total scale score 58.0 (21.0)