Table 8.
Study 2: descriptives for five resilience subgroups
| Low resilients | Religious | Medium resilients | Non-religious | Resilient | Total | F | η 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 19 | N = 49 | N = 51 | N = 50 | N = 80 | N = 249 | (4, 244) | ||
| MLS | ||||||||
| Growth | 2,82ab (0.86) | 4.06a (0.69) | 3.89b (0.60) | 4.34ab (0.75) | 4.90ab (0.58) | 4.26 (0.87) | 45.59*** | .428 |
| Spirituality | 1.48ab (0.74) | 5.36ac (0.68) | 3.17abc (0.75) | 1.52c (0.60) | 5.26b (0.72) | 3.81 (1.79) | 344.58*** | .850 |
| Man uncer | 2.43ab (0.97) | 3.18a (0.74) | 3.34b (0.64) | 4.17ab (0.85) | 4.17ab (0.56) | 3.85 (1.09) | 54.27*** | .471 |
| Humor | 1.58ab (0.58) | 2.61ab (0.99) | 3.71ab (0.62) | 4.74a (0.74) | 4.79b (0.76) | 3.88 (1.32) | 118.45*** | .660 |
| Demographics | ||||||||
| Age | 57.42 (7.06) | 58.51 (7.89) | 59.71a (8.62) | 55.90a (6.99) | 57.04 (8.65) | 57.67 (8.12) | 1.67 | .027 |
| Educ | 14,37a (2.22) | 14.57b (1.83) | 15.18 (2.27) | 15.10 (1.74) | 15,41ab (2.05) | 15.06 (2.03) | 1.95 | .031 |
| Adversity, resilience, and well-being | ||||||||
| Adversity | 4.53abc (0.99) | 4.30def (1.03) | 3.82ad (1.03) | 3.54be (1.21) | 3.86cf (1.12) | 3.93 (1.13) | 4.58*** | .070 |
| Objectivity | 3.11abc (1.08) | 3.79ad (1.10) | 3.82bc (1.03) | 4.45ab (0.82) | 4.63cd (0.85) | 4.15 (1.04) | 16.03*** | .208 |
| Chg in phil | 4.21abc (1.34) | 4.01c (1.30) | 3.47bc (1.01) | 3.92b (1.30) | 4.01c (1.36) | 3.90 (1.28) | 1.99 | .032 |
| BRS | 3.33ab (1.04) | 4.00a (0.93) | 4.16b (0.75) | 4.80ab (0.70) | 5.03ab (0.62) | 4.48 (0.93) | 29.95*** | .329 |
| Grit | 4.26ab (0.81) | 4.54c (0.72) | 4.53d (0.56) | 4.78b (0.64) | 4.93acd (0.68) | 4.69 (0.69) | 6.03*** | .090 |
| FTP | 1.97ab (0.67) | 3.01a (0.98) | 3.37b (0.86) | 3.48a (1.00) | 4.10ab (1.14) | 3.45 (1.15) | 21.44*** | .260 |
| SWL | 2.58abc (1.29) | 4.08ab (1.55) | 4.36c (1.26) | 4.86a (1.30) | 5.21bc (1.11) | 4.54 (1.47) | 18.89*** | .236 |
| Life events (negative, positive) | ||||||||
| Neg LE | 5.84ab (4.75) | 5.37cd (3.72) | 3.71ac (2.44) | 3.96bd (2.32) | 4.53 (3.02) | 4.51 (3.16) | 3.05* | .048 |
| Pos LE | 2.63 (2.69) | 2.51 (2.17) | 2.43 (1.93) | 3.28 (2.73) | 3.14 (2.67) | 2.86 (2.46) | 1.30 | .021 |
SDs in parentheses. Matching subscripts indicate significant post hoc results. For education, raw education levels were used: 11 = did not finish HS; 12 = HS; 13 = HS + 1 year college; 14 = HS + 2; 15 = HS + 3; 16 = BA; 17 = MA; 18 = Ph.D.
*p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001