Table 2.

Early-life predictors of resilience in older age

Predictor	Bivariate		Multivariate
	r	p	β	SE	p
SB IQ	0.12	0.130
MHT IQ	0.10	0.218
Dependability	−0.18	0.021	−0.13	0.076	0.085
Childhood illnesses	−0.16	0.034	−0.18	0.074	0.018
Social class	0.05	0.517
Family size	−0.04	0.625
Birth order	−0.10	0.186
Home occupancy	0.11	0.149
Home/school moves	−0.11	0.174
Childhood stressors	0.16	0.034	0.19	0.075	0.012
Early-adulthood stressors	0.14	0.062	0.15	0.077	0.052
Early-life stressors	0.23	0.003	0.21	0.076	0.008

SB Stanford–Binet, IQ intelligence quotient, MHT Moray House test. Multivariate results were derived from a generalised linear model including all predictors showing a bivariate association of p < 0.1. The combined total of early-life stressors was modelled separately from the contributing totals of childhood and early-adulthood stressors. Significant results at p < 0.05 (without correcting for multiple comparisons) are highlighted in bold