Table 4.

Seemingly Unrelated Regression Coefficient Estimates of the Effects of Formal Religious Participation and Spiritual Perceptions on Adults’ Purpose in Life, Positive Relations with Others, and Self-Acceptance

	Purpose in Life						Positive Relations with Others						Self-Acceptance
	Model 1a			Model 2a			Model 1b			Model 2b			Model 1b			Model 2b
	B	SE	β	B	SE	β	B	SE	β	B	SE	β	B	SE	β	B	SE	β
Female	−.04	(.04)	−.02	−.57	(.22)	−.02	.13	(.04)	.07**	.03	(.21)	.07**	−.13	(.04)	−.07**	−.80	(.21)	−.07**
Age	.00	(.00)	.02	.00	(.01)	.02	.01	(.00)	.09***	.00	(.01)	.08***	.01	(.00)	.17***	.01	(.01)	.16***
Formal Religious Participation	.06	(.03)	.06*	−.03	(.12)	.06*	.02	(.03)	.02	−.10	(.11)	.02	−.04	(.03)	−.04	.01	(.11)	−.045
Spirit Perceptions	.29	(.04)	.18***	.25	(.17)	.18***	.33	(.04)	.21***	.30	(.17)	.21***	.37	(.04)	.24***	.25	(.17)	.24***
Female X Formal Relig Participation	--	--	--	.00	(.05)	.00	--	--	--	.01	(.05)	.00	--	--	--	.01	(.05)	.00
Female X Spiritual Perceptions	--	--	--	.17	(.07)	.05*	--	--	--	.03	(.07)	.01	--	--	--	.21	(.07)	.07**
Age X Formal Relig Participation	--	--	--	.00	(.00)	.02	--	--	--	.00	(.00)	.03	--	--	--	−.00	(.00)	−.01
Age X Spiritual Perceptions	--	--	--	−.00	(.00)	−.01	--	--	--	.00	(.00)	.00	--	--	--	.00	(.00)	.00
Constant	−3.44	(.19)		−3.11	(.53)		−4.34	(.18)		−3.98	(.21)		−4.12	(.19)		−3.83	(.53)
Valid N	1564			1564			1564			1564			1564			15645

Note: Data are from adults who completed both a telephone interview and self-administered questionnaire in the 2005 National Survey of Midlife in the U.S. (MIDUS). All models included as covariates measures of respondents’ race/ethnicity, education, household income, marital status, parental status, religious denomination, functional limitations, extraversion, and openness to experience.

^*p≤.05

^**p≤.01

^***p≤.001 (two tailed).