Table 2.

Meaningfulness and crisis of meaning as predictors of reasons for living: results of hierarchical regression.

Dependent variables		Step 1		Step 2		Step 2–verification
		BE group	NO group	Meaning-fulness (SoMe)	Crisis of meaning (SoMe)	Meaningfulness (NOT)	Alienation (vegetativeness)
RFL–Coping with problems	β	−0.07	0.34**	0.40**	−0.29**	0.48**	−0.04
	ΔR2	15.8%**		31.6%**		24.9%**
RFL–Responsibility for family	β	0.03	0.30*	0.29**	−0.07	0.13	−0.11
	ΔR2	8.0%**		9.7%**		4.9%*
RFL–Relationships with children	β	0.08	0.28*	0.47**	−0.11	0.38**	0.05
	ΔR2	5.1%T		25.4%**		11.3%**
RFL–Moral	β	0.01	0.24 T	0.20 T	−0.10	0.16	0.03
	ΔR2	5.1%T		6.4%*		1.9%

T–p < 0.10;

^*p < 0.05;

^**p < 0.01.