Table 5.
Summary of Psychological Functioning Mediators by Sex
| Men | Women | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b2–b1 | sb2–b1 | p < | % | b2–b1 | sb2–b1 | p < | % | |
| Positive relationships | −0.03 | 0.15 | n.s. | 6 | −0.05 | 0.1 | n.s. | 14 |
| Self-acceptance | −0.17 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 33 | −0.27 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 72 |
| Autonomy | −0.08 | 0.14 | n.s. | 16 | 0.00 | 0.11 | n.s. | 0 |
| Personal growth | −0.04 | 0.15 | n.s. | 9 | −0.08 | 0.1 | n.s | 22 |
| Environmental mastery | −0.20 | 0.12 | 0.05 | 39 | −0.10 | 0.09 | n.s. | 26 |
| Purpose in life | 0.00 | 0.16 | n.s. | 0 | −0.01 | 0.11 | n.s. | 2 |
Note: Cell entries summarize Tables 3 and 4. Standard errors are calculated using second-order Taylor series and exact variance estimating procedures (Goodman 1960). The column labeled ‘%’ describes the percent reduction in the heritability of resilience estimate presented in models 2 and 4 of Table 2. All data come from the twin sample of the National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS), 1995–1996 (Brim et al., 1996). A total of 527 twin pairs are used in these analyses (MZm(129); MZf(155); DZm(104); DZf(139).