Associations for Sense of Purpose with Smoking and Health Outcomes Among Adults with Diabetes.

However, even when results failed to reach statistical significance in single studies, effect sizes were nearly always in the same direction and of similar magnitude, suggesting that lack of power drove “non-replications.” While purpose in life is associated with the levels of self-rated health and other health indicators, purpose appears to be unassociated with changes in health status over time.

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