TABLE 3.
Description of predictors of the total sample and subsamples of each region.
| All |
SE |
EE |
WE |
NE |
WA |
EA |
LA |
NA |
|
| N = 9,496 | n = 2,820 | n = 2,269 | n = 2,107 | n = 172 | n = 720 | n = 520 | n = 560 | n = 328 | |
| Predictors | |||||||||
| Social Support, M (SD) | 9.9 (2.1) | 10.1 (2.1) | 9.7 (2.0) | 10.5 (2.1) | 9.7 (1.9) | 9.9 (2.2) | 8.2 (2.0) | 9.5 (2.2) | 9.8 (2.4) |
| Low % | 24.3 | 20.8 | 26.2 | 15.3 | 25.6 | 28.1 | 56.0 | 31.2 | 28.4 |
| Moderate, % | 52.4 | 53.5 | 56.2 | 52.1 | 55.8 | 47.4 | 39.6 | 51.8 | 48.2 |
| High, % | 23.3 | 25.7 | 17.5 | 32.6 | 18.6 | 24.6 | 4.4 | 17.0 | 23.5 |
| Perceived Stress, M (SD) | 17.1 (7.5) | 16.5 (7.2) | 17.3 (8.0) | 16.2 (7.2) | 16.3 (6.9) | 19.5 (6.6) | 19.9 (6.2) | 16.2 (8.3) | 18.1 (7.7) |
| Low % | 33.1 | 34.8 | 33.2 | 38.2 | 37.8 | 19.2 | 14.2 | 40.7 | 29.9 |
| Moderate, % | 55.8 | 55.9 | 53.2 | 53.3 | 53.5 | 66.5 | 72.9 | 48.2 | 54.3 |
| High, % | 11.1 | 9.3 | 13.6 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 14.3 | 12.9 | 11.1 | 15.9 |
| Psych. Flexibility, M (SD) | 21.8 (4.1) | 22.0 (3.9) | 22.1 (3.9) | 22.6 (4.1) | 22.6 (3.9) | 20.2 (4.0) | 19.5 (4.0) | 21.2 (4.5) | 22.1 (4.7) |
| Positive Affect, M (SD) | 29.0 (8.1) | 30.1 (8.1) | 28.1 (7.7) | 29.3 (7.9) | 26.7 (5.9) | 30.4 (8.2) | 25.7 (7.2) | 30.2 (8.8) | 25.1 (8.3) |
Countries were clustered in regions as follows: Southern Europe (=SE) includes Cyprus, Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Andorra; Eastern Europe (=EE) includes Latvia, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and North Macedonia; Western Europe (=WE) includes Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, United Kingdom, and Ireland; Northern Europe (=NE) includes Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Iceland; Western Asia (=WA) includes Turkey, Azerbaijan, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Iran, Pakistan, Kuwait, Saudi-Arabia, and United Arab Emirates; and East Asia (=EA) includes Hong Kong, China, Taiwan; Latin America (=LA) includes Mexico, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Peru, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, and Chile; North America (=NA) includes Canada, United States.