TABLE 1.

Correlation among main variables.

Measures	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Euro-Canadians
(1) State Optimism T1	—
(2) State Well-being T1	0.76**	—
(3) SWLS T1	0.65**	0.61**	—
(4) Meaning Presence T1	0.55**	0.52**	0.45**	—
(5) State Optimism T2	0.73**	0.59**	0.58**	0.47**	—
(6) State Well-being T2	0.63**	0.67**	0.49**	0.41**	0.70**	—
(7) SWLS T2	0.56**	0.54**	0.78**	0.45**	0.66**	0.67**	—
(8) Meaning Presence T2	0.52**	0.50**	0.47**	0.80**	0.54**	0.50**	0.51**
Chinese
(1) State Optimism T1	—
(2) State Well-being T1	0.57**	—
(3) SWLS T1	0.47**	0.60**	—
(4) Meaning Presence T1	0.50**	0.52**	0.39**	—
(5) State Optimism T2	0.74**	0.50**	0.40**	0.46**	—
(6) State Well-being T2	0.39**	0.56**	0.49**	0.43**	0.54**	—
(7) SWLS T2	0.33**	0.46**	0.66**	0.36**	0.49**	0.65**	—
(8) Meaning Presence T2	0.42**	0.45**	0.38**	0.67**	0.54**	0.55**	0.53**

T1,Time 1; T2,Time 2; SWLS, Satisfaction with Life Scale. **p < 0.001.