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. 2021 Oct 1;54(Suppl 2):85–92. doi: 10.1007/s00391-021-01974-9

Table 2.

Hierarchical regression models predicting affective well-being and engagement with life by spirituality and individual values (n = 1863)

AWB (I) AWB (II) AWB (III) EwL (I) EwL (II) EwL (III)
β (SE)a β (SE)a β (SE)a β (SE)a β (SE)a β (SE)a
Constant 4.9 (. 47)*** 3.164 (0.17)*** 1.517 (0.45)*** 2.863 (0.31)*** 1.606 (0.30)*** 0.338 (0.02)
Control variables
Age −0.08 (0.01)*** −0.07 (0.01)** −0.03 (0.01) −0.03 (0.00)*** −0.07 (0.00)*** −0.03 (0.00)
Gender (ref: male) 0.10 (0.05)*** 0.07 (0.05)** 0.06 (0.04)* −0.03 (0.03) −0.05 (0.03)* −0.06 (0.03)**
Low education (ref: high) −0.20 (0.07)*** −0.14 (0.06)*** −0.09 (0.06)** −0.11 (0.04)*** −0.07 (0.04)* −0.02 (0.04)
Medium education (ref: high) −0.12 (0.06)*** −0.09 (0.06)** −0.07 (0.05)* −0.05 (0.04) −0.02 (0.04) −0.01 (0.03)
Full in-patient care −0.20 (0.07)*** −0.12 (0.07)*** −0.08 (0.06)*** −0.34 (0.04)*** −0.25 (0.04)*** −0.22 (0.04)***
Multimorbidity −0.10 (0.17)*** −0.10 (0.16)*** −0.10 (0.15)*** −0.13 (0.11)*** −0.14 (0.10)*** −0.13 (0.10)***
Spirituality
Transcendental connectedness −0.01 (0.03) −0.01 (0.03) 0.05 (0.02) 0.05 (0.02)
Interpersonal connectedness 0.13 (0.03)*** 0.06 (0.03)** 0.11 (0.02)*** 0.05 (0.02)*
Environmental connectedness 0.21 (0.03)*** 0.08 (0.03)** 0.23 (0.02)*** 0.09 (0.02)***
Institutionalized religion 0.04 (0.03) 0.03 (0.02) 0.07 (0.02)* 0.07 (0.02)*
Part of a greater whole 0.12 (0.03)*** 0.05 (0.03) 0.10 (0.02)** 0.04 (0.02)
Religious practices −0.04 (0.03) −0.04 (0.03) −0.12 (0.02)** −0.12 (0.02)***
Faith or spirituality in life −0.02 (0.03) −0.02 (0.03) −0.03 (0.02) −0.02 (0.02)
Individual values
Self-direction 0.23 (0.03)*** 0.21 (0.02)***
Power −0.07 (0.02)** −0.02 (0.01)
Security −0.03 (0.03) −0.02 (0.02)
Hedonism 0.09 (0.02)*** 0.06 (0.02)**
Benevolence 0.16 (0.03)*** 0.11 (0.02)***
Achievement 0.04 (0.02) 0.08 (0.01)***
Stimulation 0.08 (0.03)*** 0.07 (0.02)***
Conformity −0.11 (0.02)*** −0.00 (0.01)
Universalism 0.09 (0.03)*** 0.14 (0.02)***
Tradition 0.02 (0.03) −0.03 (0.02)
Radj2b 0.088*** 0.183*** 0.321*** 0.172*** 0.270*** 0.384***

Weighted data. Results obtained from imputed dataset. App. D in the electronic supplement provides information on differing results obtained from the original dataset

*p ≤ 0.05 **p ≤ 0.01 ***p ≤ 0.001

aCoefficients and standard errors calculated as mean values from all imputed data sets as SPSS does not support calculation of values for the combined dataset

bCalculated as the mean value of Radj2 in all imputed data sets