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Table 1

Factor Loadings for the SOPS-2 Items, N = 681

Subscale and Items	Estimate	SE
AWR: My purpose in life is clear.	0.85	0.02
AWR: I am certain about my life’s purpose.	0.90	0.02
AWR: I feel confident about my life’s purpose.	0.90	0.01
AWR: I can describe my life’s purpose.	0.86	0.02
AWR: I have a clear understanding of my life’s purpose.	0.87	0.02
ALT: I aspire to make a positive difference in my community.	0.81	0.02
ALT: I seek to help others.	0.74	0.03
ALT: I seek to serve society in many ways, large and small.	0.80	0.02
ALT: I want to spend my life making a positive impact on others.	0.79	0.02
ALT: I make efforts to promote other people’s well-being.	0.72	0.03
AWK: I am awakening to my life’s ultimate goal.	0.82	0.02
AWK: I am gaining clarity about my life’s purpose.	0.84	0.02
AWK: I am gaining understanding about the deeper purpose of my life.	0.83	0.02
AWK: Recent activities are helping me to awaken to my life’s purpose.	0.66	0.03

Subscale and Items	Estimate	SE
AWR: My purpose in life is clear.	0.85	0.02
AWR: I am certain about my life’s purpose.	0.90	0.02
AWR: I feel confident about my life’s purpose.	0.90	0.01
AWR: I can describe my life’s purpose.	0.86	0.02
AWR: I have a clear understanding of my life’s purpose.	0.87	0.02
ALT: I aspire to make a positive difference in my community.	0.81	0.02
ALT: I seek to help others.	0.74	0.03
ALT: I seek to serve society in many ways, large and small.	0.80	0.02
ALT: I want to spend my life making a positive impact on others.	0.79	0.02
ALT: I make efforts to promote other people’s well-being.	0.72	0.03
AWK: I am awakening to my life’s ultimate goal.	0.82	0.02
AWK: I am gaining clarity about my life’s purpose.	0.84	0.02
AWK: I am gaining understanding about the deeper purpose of my life.	0.83	0.02
AWK: Recent activities are helping me to awaken to my life’s purpose.	0.66	0.03

Notes: SE = standard error; AWR = awareness of purpose; ALT = altruistic purpose; AWK = awakening to purpose.