Table 2.

Associations between background variables and both mediators and dependent variables

Variable	Age	Gender a	Family status b	Education c	Income	Traumatic life events	Evacuation during war d
Anxiety	− 0.03	0.25***	− 0.18***	0.07	0.01	0.27***	0.18***
Depression	− 0.05	0.19***	− 0.22***	0.05	− 0.004	0.25***	0.17**
Problem-focused coping - Self	− 0.02	0.23***	− 0.02	0.02	− 0.02	0.22***	0.16**
Emotion-focused coping - Self	− 0.14**	0.15**	− 0.09	0.06	− 0.05	0.15**	0.11*
Dysfunctional coping - Self	− 0.01	0.16**	− 0.16**	0.04	− 0.04	0.26***	0.08
Self-mastery	0.02	− 0.04	− 0.02	0.03	− 0.04	0.11*	0.08
Problem-focused coping - Other	− 0.05	0.20***	− 0.06	0.07	− 0.13*	0.16**	0.13*
PCS	− 0.21***	− 0.04	0.07	0.06	0.11*	− 0.32***	− 0.17***
MCS	0.13*	− 0.21***	0.13*	− 0.11*	− 0.05	− 0.22***	− 0.24***
Search for meaning	− 0.03	0.12*	− 0.08	0.09	− 0.03	0.02	0.10*
Presence of meaning	0.11*	0.05	0.19***	− 0.03	0.05	− 0.11*	0.32***

Note. N = 366. Higher self-mastery scores indicate a weaker sense of personal mastery. PCS = Physical Component Scale; MCS = Mental Component Scale

^a 0 = Male, 1 = Female; ^b 0 = Other, 1 = Married or in a relationship; ^c 0 = Non-academic, 1 = Academic; ^d 0 = No, 1 = Yes

^*p < .05. ^**p < .01. ^***p < .001