The longitudinal directional associations of meaningful work with mental well-being – initial findings from an exploratory investigation

Table 2 Zero order correlations of the studied variables (n = 292)

	Gender (female)	Age (years)	Employment type (white-collar)	Meaningful work t₁	Meaningful work t₂	Mental well-being t₁
Age (years)	-0.322**
Employment type (white-collar)	0.003	0.033
Meaningful work t₁	-0.159*	0.070	0.055
Meaningful work t₂	-0.190*	0.095	0.045	0.858**
Mental well-being t₁	-0.219**	0.188*	0.117*	0.580**	0.549**
Mental well-being t₂	-0.139*	0.081	0.123*	0.551**	0.585**	0.768**

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