Table 2.
Descriptive statistics, and reliability of the VIA-IS factors, SVF120 strategies, JSS, and GJS in sample 1 (mixed sample) and sample 2 (nurses sample).
| Sample 1 (mixed sample) |
Sample 2 (nurses sample) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | Sk | K | α | M | SD | Sk | K | α | |
| VIA-IS strengths factors | ||||||||||
| Emotional | –0.07 | 1.04 | –0.30 | –0.08 | — | 0.08 | 0.95 | –0.14 | 0.04 | — |
| Interpersonal | 0.04 | 1.07 | –0.33 | 0.35 | — | –0.05 | 0.91 | –0.34 | 0.55 | — |
| Restraint | –0.03 | 1.05 | –0.21 | –0.11 | — | 0.04 | 0.94 | –0.26 | 1.17 | — |
| Intellectual | 0.03 | 1.03 | –0.08 | –0.33 | — | –0.04 | 0.96 | 0.10 | –0.33 | — |
| Theological | –0.07 | 1.04 | 0.05 | 0.04 | — | 0.08 | 0.95 | 0.16 | 1.15 | — |
| SVF120 strategies | ||||||||||
| POS | 12.51 | 2.23 | –0.44 | 0.08 | 0.92 | 12.40 | 2.11 | 0.53 | 0.97 | 0.91 |
| POS1 | 10.60 | 2.91 | –0.10 | –0.08 | 0.87 | 10.00 | 2.61 | 0.52 | 0.85 | 0.84 |
| POS2 | 11.41 | 2.96 | –0.21 | 0.00 | 0.88 | 11.79 | 2.73 | 0.55 | 0.84 | 0.87 |
| POS3 | 15.88 | 2.63 | –0.38 | 0.20 | 0.84 | 15.60 | 2.67 | 0.09 | –0.09 | 0.85 |
| NEG | 10.38 | 3.45 | 0.38 | 0.12 | 0.95 | 10.46 | 3.55 | 0.32 | –0.06 | 0.96 |
| Stress and job satisfaction | ||||||||||
| JSS frequency | 4.54 | 1.30 | 0.36 | 0.18 | 0.92 | 4.59 | 1.13 | 0.11 | –0.26 | 0.90 |
| GJS | 3.79 | 0.95 | –0.92 | 0.87 | 0.80 | 4.00 | 0.87 | –0.96 | 0.77 | 0.82 |
NMixed sample = 214 (71 men, 143 women); NNurses = 175 (11 men, 164 women). VIA-IS, Values in Action Inventory of Strengths; SVF120, Stress Coping Inventory; POS, positive coping strategies; POS1, devaluation/defense; POS2, distraction; POS3, control; NEG, negative coping strategies; JSS frequency, frequency subscale of the Job Stress Survey; GJS, Index of General Job Satisfaction. An em dash (–) indicates that the scores were not computed (factor scores).