Table 1.
Scale or Item | Mean | SD | Skewness | Kurtosis |
SIWB - self-efficacy subscale (Items 1–6) | 24.56 | 4.46 | −1.05 | 1.24 |
SIWB - life scheme subscale (Items 7-12) | 24.58 | 4.97 | −1.01 | 0.68 |
SIWB - total scale | 49.14 | 8.63 | −0.99 | 0.93 |
1. There is not much I can do to help myself. | 1.63 | 0.83 | 1.66 | 3.33 |
2. Often, there is no way I can complete what I have started | 2.03 | 1.05 | 1.01 | 0.29 |
3. I can’t begin to understand my problems. | 1.80 | 0.92 | 1.31 | 1.61 |
4. I am overwhelmed when I have personal difficulties and problems. | 2.34 | 1.13 | 0.63 | −0.57 |
5. I don’t know how to begin to solve my problems. | 1.95 | 0.97 | 1.13 | 1.01 |
6. There is not much I can do to make a difference in my life. | 1.68 | 0.89 | 1.47 | 1.85 |
7. I haven’t yet found my life’s purpose. | 2.21 | 1.17 | 0.79 | −0.27 |
8. I don’t know who I am, where I came from or where I am going. | 1.63 | 0.84 | 1.62 | 3.08 |
9. I have a lack of purpose in my life. | 1.73 | 0.94 | 1.34 | 1.25 |
10. In this world, I don’t know where I fit in. | 1.85 | 0.97 | 1.16 | 0.89 |
11. I am far from understanding the meaning of life. | 1.95 | 1.02 | 1.04 | 0.49 |
12. There is a great void in my life at this time. | 2.02 | 1.14 | 0.94 | −0.23 |
Note: Item answer options, 1 = strongly disagree; 2 = disagree; 3 = neither agree nor disagree; 4 = agree; 5 = strongly agree.