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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Jul 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Pers Soc Psychol. 2000 Dec;79(6):1088–1101. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.79.6.1088

Table 2.

Participants’ Scores on Study Variables

Variable M Mdn SD Possible range
Distress
 General distress 13.65 12.0 5.98 8-40
 Anxious arousal 12.70 10.0 5.19 10-50
Outlook
 Control 21.5 21.0 3.1 7-28
 Optimism 19.1 18.8 3.8 0-32
Stressful life events and ongoing strains
 Negative life events 2.5 2.0 2.5 0-29
 Financial strain 35.4 34.0 6.3 12-135
 Experiences of racial discrimination 27.0 26.0 9.6 13-52
Resources
 Health 6.8 7.0 1.5 2-10
 Positive affectivity 9.8 10.0 2.5 0-13
 Religion 11.0 10.0 2.8 7-32
Social relationships
 Network support 24.1 25.0 3.1 9-27
 Network conflict and burden 8.7 8.0 2.4 6-18
Negative affectivity 4.2 4.0 3.3 0-13

Note. Raw scores are presented for all measures. Whenever variables were combined into aggregate scores, they were first standardized.