Table 3.

Means, standard deviations (s.d.) and correlations between the three main predictors (preference for solitude, identified and external motivation for solitude), and indicators of ill-being, at Time 1 (T1), Time 2 (T2) and Time 3 (T3).

	M	s.d.	scale	preference	identified motivation	external motivation
1. Preference—solitude	0.83	0.24	0–1
2. Identified motivation	4.93	1.26	1–7	0.39**
3. External motivation	2.91	1.53	1–7	−0.13**	0.14**
4. T1 depletion	2.53	1.29	1–7	0.04	−0.09*	0.21**
5. T2 depletion	2.48	1.37	1–7	0.00	−0.05	0.27**
6. T3 depletion	2.48	1.41	1–7	−0.03	−0.06	0.25**
7. T1 isolation	2.16	1.24	1–7	0.00	−0.13**	0.24**
8. T2 isolation	1.99	1.27	1–7	−0.02	−0.10**	0.26**
9. T3 isolation	1.98	1.31	1–7	−0.03	−0.11**	0.24**
10. T1 depression	2.89	1.15	1–6	0.01	−0.09*	0.25**
11. T2 depression	2.99	1.27	1–6	−0.01	0.00	0.30**
12. T3 depression	2.99	1.29	1–6	−0.05	−0.03	0.28**
13. T1 anxiety	3.42	1.47	1–7	0.01	−0.09**	0.21**
14. T2 anxiety	3.52	1.55	1–7	−0.03	−0.02	0.27**
15. T3 anxiety	3.55	1.56	1–7	−0.07	−0.02	0.29**

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.001.