Table 2.

Descriptive statistics and intercorrelations among key variables (N = 327).

Variables	Mean (SD)	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1. Perceived severity (Time 1)	7.95 (1.53)	0.33***	0.22***	−0.02	0.11	0.08	0.04	0.09	0.17**
2. Perceived severity (Time 2)	6.50 (2.20)	–	0.06	−0.04	0.10	0.07	0.22	0.15**	0.13*
3. Post-traumatic stress	24.13 (13.93)		–	−0.46***	0.03	−0.06	0.01	0.07	0.24***
4. Sense of coherence	56.24 (13.93)			–	0.17**	0.23***	0.13*	0.08	−0.06
5. Post-traumatic growth—Overall	2.53 (0.82)				–	0.94***	0.82***	0.79***	0.63***
6. Post-traumatic growth—Self	2.62 (0.93)					–	0.72***	0.68***	0.48***
7. Post-traumatic growth—Interpersonal	2.67 (0.94)						–	0.56***	0.48***
8. Post-traumatic growth—Spiritual	2.30 (0.95)							–	0.49***
9. Post-traumatic growth—Life orientation	2.54 (0.99)

SD, standard deviation.

^*p <0.05;

^**p <0.01;

^***p <0.001.