Table 3.
Correlation between SWB and images of God, attitudes towards death and patient characteristics
| Existential (EX) | Relationship with Self (RS) | Relationships with Others (RO) | Relationship with Something Greater (RSG) | Relationship with God (RG) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Images of God | Personal God | r | -,176 | -,178 | -,209 | ,526** | ,362 |
| Sig. | ,222 | ,217 | ,146 | ,000 | ,053 | ||
| Non-personal God | r | -,243 | -,119 | -,072 | ,438** | ,073 | |
| Sig. | ,092 | ,188 | ,624 | ,002 | ,713 | ||
| Unknowable God | r | -,391** | -,579** | -,254 | ,015 | -,096 | |
| Sig. | ,007 | ,007 | ,089 | ,919 | ,635 | ||
| Attitudes towards death and afterlife | Explicitly religious | r | -,126 | -,139 | -,144 | ,562** | ,498** |
| Sig. | ,382 | ,335 | ,319 | ,000 | ,006 | ||
| Agnostic/Atheistic | r | ,002 | ,000 | ,215 | -,399** | -,370* | |
| Sig. | ,987 | ,999 | ,133 | ,004 | ,048 | ||
| Reincarnation | r | -,215 | -,140 | -,272 | ,442** | ,161 | |
| Sig. | ,133 | ,332 | ,056 | ,001 | ,403 | ||
| Community | r | -,082 | -,079 | -,153 | ,580** | ,386* | |
| Sig. | ,571 | ,583 | ,288 | ,000 | ,038 | ||
| Continuation | r | ,004 | -,064 | -,110 | ,678** | ,477** | |
| Sig. | ,980 | ,658 | ,448 | ,000 | ,009 | ||
| Patient characteristics | Living with a partner | r | -,041 | -,238 | -,190 | -,370** | -,020 |
| Sig. | ,781 | ,100 | ,191 | ,009 | ,918 | ||
| Religious/involved in a spiritual organization | r | ,125 | ,073 | ,021 | ,468** | -,229 | |
| Sig. | ,388 | ,612 | ,883 | ,001 | ,232 | ||
| Education | r | ,240 | ,234 | ,322* | ,000 | -,166 | |
| Sig. | ,096 | ,106 | ,024 | ,999 | ,390 | ||
| WHO performance status | r | -,395** | -,326* | -,168 | ,187 | ,048 | |
| Sig. | ,005 | ,022 | ,247 | ,199 | ,808 |
*indicates p < .05
** indicates p < .01 Pearson’s correlation coefficient r is given; RG is only for believers n = 29