The Psychometric Properties of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ) in Patients with Life-Threatening Illnesses

Table 5

Descriptive statistics for MLQ and subscales regarding demographic variables.

Variables	MLQ	MLQ-P	MLQ-S
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
Diseases
Cancer	56.42 (11.74)	27.56 (6.69)	28.86 (6.44)
MS	54.35 (12.39)	26.17 (6.85)	28.18 (6.83)
All	55.73 (11.97)	27.10 (6.71)	28.63 (6.52)
Age
20–30	56.08 (8.89)	27.44 (5.70)	28.64 (5.39)
30–40	54.89 (13.53)	26.47 (7.57)	28.42 (7.15)
40–50	56.06 (11.37)	27.05 (6.39)	29.01 (6.66)
50–60	56.69 (11.29)	27.76 (6.20)	28.92 (6.39)
60–70	54.07 (13.28)	27.11 (7.19)	27.61 (6.54)
Gender
Male	56.80 (12.49)	27.90 (6.76)	28.89 (6.69)
Female	55.33 (11.78)	26.79 (6/75)	28.54 (6.53)
Marital status
Single	53.75 (2.49)	26.12 (1.40)	27.62 (1.37)
Married	55.25 (3.07)	27.37 (1.73)	28.15 (1.69)
Divorced	56.85 (4.15)	27.07 (2.34)	29.78 (2.29)
Widowed	57.63 (3.96)	27.77 (2.23)	29.86 (2.18)
Education
School	55.12 (11.97)	26.70 (6.92)	28.42 (6.52)
Diploma	55.68 (13.19)	27.13 (7.26)	28.55 (7.11)
University	56.73 (10.69)	27.37 (6.14)	28.88 (6.06)
MS stage
1 disable organ	54.89 (12.73)	26.50 (6.19)	28.39 (7.63)
2 disable organ	53.42 (13.22)	25.35 (7.69)	28.08 (6.86)
3 disable organ	52.71 (9.20)	24.43 (6.14)	28.29 (5.04)
No disable organ	55.50 (13.09)	27.58 (7.30)	27.92 (6.81)
Cancer stage
Stage 1	57.19 (9.70)	28.14 (5.99)	29.05 (5.40)
Stage 2	55.23 (15.31)	27.00 (7.42)	28.23 (8.54)
Stage 3	59.22 (10.29)	29.07 (6.59)	30.15 (5.43)
Stage 4	55.33 (10.60)	26.71 (6.76)	28.62 (5.77)
Disease duration
0–5	56.06 (11.78)	27.33 (6.76)	28.73 (6.76)
5–10	56.05 (11.76)	27.00 (6.38)	27.00 (6.38)
10–15	53.24 (12.16)	25.57 (7.48)	25.57 (7.48)
15–20	51.92 (15.21)	24.54 (7.93)	24.54 (7.93)
20–25	58.09 (6.08)	29.73 (4.04)	29.73 (5.06)