TABLE 1.

Descriptive statistics for resilience and WHOQOL SRPB quality-of-life (QoL) domains in 15 cultures.

Resilience/QoL domain Cultures	Resilience		Physical		Psychological		Independence		Social		Environment		Spiritual
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Argentina	16.88	1.69	59.74	17.93	53.66	12.74	59.02	17.04	54.01	14.38	47.68	9.68	54.82	9.39
Brazil	18.29	3.84	56.81	15.90	65.55	12.45	67.79	19.93	69.59	13.44	60.06	10.98	68.89	15.02
Egypt	18.32	3.30	49.00	16.42	60.24	15.61	57.76	19.52	61.05	15.68	53.01	13.91	68.97	10.81
India	16.42	4.52	73.07	17.94	71.78	13.82	75.40	17.67	69.23	14.60	67.76	14.79	62.79	16.92
Israel	16.52	4.15	62.84	18.26	68.99	13.78	77.08	19.39	71.41	15.58	66.83	12.17	59.84	15.64
Italy	14.20	3.94	71.96	13.80	66.25	13.06	79.43	11.53	67.24	11.98	65.71	10.10	55.46	15.82
Japan	13.88	4.82	58.37	14.74	54.08	17.11	65.55	13.26	57.09	13.46	56.31	14.62	46.56	19.71
Kenya	14.56	3.48	59.68	15.69	56.34	10.98	66.74	17.80	62.61	13.03	53.78	11.04	49.11	12.80
Lithuania	18.35	3.12	61.76	15.23	68.87	10.94	66.19	16.15	66.61	12.14	63.63	11.20	69.42	12.28
Malaysia	18.38	3.22	56.00	16.34	62.85	12.08	59.40	16.94	64.03	13.64	52.02	13.69	65.24	12.34
Spain	15.93	2.82	60.54	16.10	60.36	13.70	71.10	17.22	62.31	15.95	61.34	10.73	59.00	11.72
Thailand	16.14	3.86	70.22	15.77	69.34	13.33	77.87	12.32	68.93	10.73	65.39	12.59	53.35	12.38
Turkey	15.44	4.55	59.31	15.92	63.14	15.25	66.26	15.48	61.93	16.99	57.54	14.35	56.51	18.00
United Kingdom	15.71	4.18	63.38	16.99	63.64	14.14	71.75	21.57	66.66	16.40	66.64	11.06	58.36	17.13
Uruguay	17.50	3.19	62.62	21.40	59.11	15.11	65.92	19.27	66.80	14.84	58.05	12.17	57.86	14.20
Total sample	16.70	3.87	61.35	17.86	63.36	14.43	68.17	18.89	65.06	15.12	59.74	13.68	60.16	15.47

WHOQOL = transformed scores 0–100. Resilience scores 5–25. From WHOQOL SRPB Group (2006).