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Published in final edited form as: Qual Life Res. 2018 Nov 22;28(4):907–914. doi: 10.1007/s11136-018-2054-6

Table 2:

Baseline Life Satisfaction, Psychological Well-being, Social Well-being Scales (Mean (SD))

Childhood adversity Childhood adversity count Abuse Household dysfunction Financial strain
Scale Range Overall no ACE with ACE P Value 0 1 2 3 P Value No Yes P Value No Yes P Value No Yes P Value
Count 6323 2787 3536 2787 2450 875 211 5004 1245 4961 1361 4095 2227
Life Satisfaction 0–10 7.70
(1.31)
7.82
(1.19)
7.61
(1.38)
<.0001 7.82
(1.19)
7.70
(1.35)
7.44
(1.44)
7.25
(1.44)
<.0001 7.81
(1.24)
7.26
(1.47)
<.0001 7.76
(129)
7.50
(1.36)
<.0001 7.68
(1.27)
7.73
(1.36)
0.1576
Psychological Well-Being
Autonomy 3–21 16.42
(3.31)
16.37
(3.27)
16.46
(3.35)
0.3161 16.37
(3.27)
16.47
(3.32)
16.42
(3.45)
16.48
(3.30)
0.7682 16.45
(3.26)
16.30
(3.49)
0.1493 16.39
(3.34)
16.53
(3.22)
0.1600 16.38
(3.28)
16.49
(3.37)
0.2200
Environmental Mastery 3–21 16.15
(3.44)
16.34
(3.32)
15.99
(3.53)
<.0001 16.34
(3.32)
16.16
(3.45)
15.68
(3.66)
15.33
(3.82)
<.0001 16.36
(3.35)
15.28
(3.67)
<.0001 16.22
(3.39)
15.87
(3.61)
0.0009 16.11
(3.43)
16.22
(3.48)
0.2261
Personal Growth 3–21 17.88
(3.12)
18.07
(3.00)
17.74
(3.21)
<.0001 18.07
(3.00)
17.74
(3.17)
17.68
(3.31)
17.94
(3.27)
0.0004 17.90
(3.08)
17.85
(3.30)
0.6598 17.90
(3.11)
17.79
(3.17)
0.2461 18.01
(3.05)
17.65
(3.23)
<.0001
Positive relations with others 3–21 16.19
(4.08)
16.68
(3.83)
15.81
(4.22)
<.0001 16.68
(3.83)
16.12
(4.12)
15.20
(4.34)
14.65
(4.33)
<.0001 16.51
(3.93)
14.93
(4.38)
<.0001 16.35
(4.02)
15.60
(4.22)
<.0001 16.31
(4.01)
15.96
(4.18)
0.0011
Purpose in Life 3–21 16.51
(3.62)
16.92
(3.41)
16.18
(3.74)
<.0001 16.92
(3.41)
16.34
(3.71)
15.87
(3.75)
15.70
(4.00)
<.0001 16.65
(3.55)
16.01
(3.79)
<.0001 16.61
(3.59)
16.16
(3.70)
<.0001 16.75
(3.49)
16.07
(3.80)
<.0001
Self Acceptance 3–21 16.60
(3.49)
17.03
(3.27)
16.25
(3.62)
<.0001 17.03
(3.27)
16.52
(3.51)
15.82
(3.66)
14.95
(4.17)
<.0001 16.87
(3.32)
15.47
(3.92)
<.0001 16.75
(3.43)
16.03
(3.65)
<.0001 16.70
(3.46)
16.41
(3.55)
0.0021
Social Well-being
Meaningfulness of Society 2–14 9.00
(3.25)
9.33
(3.15)
8.75
(3.30)
<.0001 9.33
(3.15)
8.84
(3.26)
8.53
(3.39)
8.54
(3.42)
<.0001 9.10
(3.21)
8.66
(3.38)
<.0001 9.04
(3.25)
8.88
(3.24)
0.1012 9.23
(3.17)
8.59
(3.35)
<.0001
Social Integration 3–21 14.20
(4.36)
14.51
(4.16)
13.95
(4.50)
<.0001 14.51
(4.16)
14.25
(4.41)
13.37
(4.57)
12.89
(4.83)
<.0001 14.51
(4.22)
12.89
(4.70)
<.0001 14.36
(4.33)
13.61
(4.43)
<.0001 14.13
(4.30)
14.32
(4.46)
0.1097
Acceptance of Others 3–21 13.29
(3.55)
13.64
(3.38)
13.02
(3.66)
<.0001 13.64
(3.38)
13.22
(3.56)
12.49
(3.82)
12.77
(3.90)
<.0001 13.52
(3.44)
12.39
(3.83)
<.0001 13.42
(3.53)
12.84
(3.60)
<.0001 13.33
(3.47)
13.22
(3.69)
0.2528
Social Contribution 3–21 15.59
(3.78)
15.93
(3.63)
15.31
(3.88)
<.0001 15.93
(3.63)
15.41
(3.83)
15.10
(3.93)
15.04
(4.20)
<.0001 15.67
(3.73)
15.29
(3.94)
0.0015 15.67
(3.74)
15.28
(3.89)
0.0010 15.79
(3.69)
15.21
(3.91)
<.0001
Social Actualization 3–21 12.03
(4.18)
12.45
(4.04)
11.70
(4.26)
<.0001 12.45
(4.04)
11.87
(4.22)
11.22
(4.37)
11.78
(4.16)
<.0001 12.24
(4.11)
11.23
(4.36)
<.0001 12.14
(4.19)
11.66
(4.15)
0.0002 12.15
(4.12)
11.82
(4.29)
0.0035