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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pers Soc Psychol. 2003 Feb;84(2):365–376. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.84.2.365

Table 1.

Pre- and Postcrisis Correlates of Resilience

Variable M SD Zero-order correlation
with resilience
Precrisis measures
Resilience 41.13 5.93
Neuroticism 2.91 0.66 −.50***
Extraversion 3.45 0.48 .60***
Openness 3.59 0.58 .49***
Life satisfaction 5.55 0.58 .35**
Optimism 2.33 0.68 .41**
Tranquility 2.22 0.85 .33*

Postcrisis measures
Life satisfaction 4.80 1.32 .32*
Optimism 2.43 0.67 .35**
Tranquility 2.21 0.92 .50***
Positive meaning 1.68 0.66 .44***
Mood valence 0.41 1.53 .32*
Positive emotions 2.25 0.57 .59***
Negative emotions 1.58 0.53 −.25*
Depressive symptoms 25.34 10.95 −.24*
*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.

***

p < .001.