Table 2.

Descriptive statistics, reliability, and correlation analysis for the study variables

Variable	Descriptive statistics						Reliability	Correlations
	Min	Max	Mean	SD	Skew	Kurt	α	1	2	3	4
1. Meaning in life	5	35	10.96	5.66	1.16	1.29	.83	–	.41**	− 0.32**	− 0.33**
2. Positive religious coping	25	89	41.28	11.96	1.27	1.65	.90		–	− 0.22**	− 0.26**
3. Negative religious coping	8	40	31.65	4.62	− 0.78	1.06	.63			–	.33**
4. Loneliness	32	74	57.94	8.26	− 0.43	− 0.40	.75				–

**p < 0.001