Table 1.
Descriptive statistics and correlations among well-being measures.
| Study 1 (N = 100) | Study 2 (N = 202) | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Range |
Range |
Correlations |
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| Well-being measure | Possible | Actual | M | SD | Possible | Actual | M | SD | SWLS | RSE | PA | E | CESD | RRS | NA | N |
| Life Satisfaction (SWLS) | 1–7 | 2.6–7.0 | 5.20 | 0.99 | 1–7 | 2.4–6.8 | 5.17 | 1.01 | 0.66 | 0.42 | 0.25 | –0.55 | –0.39 | –0.31 | –0.35 | |
| Self-Esteem (RSE) | 1–4 | 1.8–4.0 | 3.30 | 0.51 | 1–4 | 1.2–4.0 | 3.08 | 0.58 | 0.61 | 0.45 | 0.31 | –0.61 | –0.53 | –0.43 | –0.48 | |
| Positive Affectivity (PA) | 1–5 | 2.3–4.5 | 3.42 | 0.51 | 1–5 | 2.0–4.7 | 3.34 | 0.52 | 0.37 | 0.51 | 0.39 | –0.42 | –0.27 | –0.12 | –0.26 | |
| Extraversion (E) | 1–5 | 2.4–5.0 | 3.59 | 0.56 | 1–7 | 1.5–7.0 | 4.87 | 1.31 | 0.39 | 0.29 | 0.44 | –0.22 | –0.24 | –0.20 | –0.07 | |
| Depression (CESD) | 0–3 | 0.0–1.5 | 0.55 | 0.39 | 0–3 | 0.0–1.9 | 0.62 | 0.39 | –0.55 | –0.56 | –0.28 | –0.33 | 0.58 | 0.50 | 0.51 | |
| Rumination (RRS) | 1–4 | 1.1–3.2 | 1.79 | 0.45 | 1–4 | 1.0–3.2 | 1.90 | 0.46 | –0.34 | –0.34 | –0.09 | –0.14 | 0.53 | 0.48 | 0.45 | |
| Negative Affectivity (NA) | 1–5 | 1.0–3.4 | 1.84 | 0.60 | 1–5 | 1.0–4.2 | 1.98 | 0.55 | –0.46 | –0.49 | –0.07 | –0.19 | 0.63 | 0.38 | 0.59 | |
| Neuroticism (N) | 1–5 | 1.1–4.4 | 2.94 | 0.70 | 1–7 | 1.0–7.0 | 3.27 | 1.33 | –0.31 | –0.52 | –0.35 | –0.08 | 0.58 | 0.35 | 0.62 | |
Correlations between well-being measures in Study 1 (N = 100) are shown below the diagonal. Correlations between well-being measures in Study 2 (N = 202) are shown above the diagonal. Correlations shown in bold are statistically significant at p < 0.001.