Table 3.
Correlations (95% CI) between various dimensions of negative/positive psychological dispositions, mental health (anxiety, depression, and happiness) and quality of life.
| Mental health | Quality of life (QoL) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anxiety | Depression | Happiness | Mental SF-12 | Physical SF-12 | |
| Mental health variables | |||||
| Anxiety | – | ||||
| Depression | .48*** (0.35, 0.58) |
– | |||
| Happiness | −.48*** (−0.59, −0.36) |
−.38*** (−0.50, −0.25) |
– | ||
| Quality of life (QoL) | |||||
| Mental SF-12 | −.45*** (−0.56, −0.33) |
−.54*** (−0.64, −0.43) |
.42** (0.29, 0.53) |
– | |
| Physical SF-12 | −.02 (−0.16, 0.13) |
−.29*** (−0.42, −0.15) |
.16* (0.01, 0.30) |
.12 (−0.02, −0.26) |
– |
| Negative psychological disposition | |||||
| Experiential avoidance | .57*** (0.46, 0.66) |
.37*** (0.23, 0.49) |
−.37*** (−0.49, −0.23) |
−.45*** (−0.56, −0.32) |
−.12 (−0.26, 0.03) |
| Positive psychological dispositions | |||||
| Optimism | −.53*** (−0.63, −0.41) |
−.44*** (−0.55, −0.32) |
.55*** (0.43, 0.64) |
.38*** (0.25, 0.50) |
.05 (−0.10, 0.19) |
| Mindfulness | −.45*** (−0.56, −0.32) |
−.31*** (−0.44, −0.18) |
.38*** (0.25, 0.50) |
.33*** (0.19, 0.45) |
.03 (−0.12, 0.17) |
| Acceptance | −.58*** (−0.67, −0.48) |
−.44*** (−0.55, −0.31) |
.51*** (0.40, 0.61) |
.43*** (0.30, 0.54) |
.05 (−0.09, 0.20) |
Note: ***q < .001; **q < .01; *q < .05 (q = p × N/rank).