Table 1.
Descriptive statistics and internal consistency estimates
| T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | α | M | SD | α | M | SD | α | M | SD | α | |
| State Nostalgia | 3.98 | 1.42 | .97 | 4.00 | 1.49 | .97 | 3.86 | 1.52 | .98 | |||
| State Gratitude | 4.58 | 1.12 | .89 | 4.69 | 1.03 | .87 | 4.73 | 0.98 | .84 | |||
| State Optimism | 4.33 | 1.08 | .86 | 4.36 | 1.05 | .87 | 4.34 | 1.07 | .84 | |||
| Social Connectedness | 4.76 | 0.91 | .87 | 4.71 | 1.02 | .89 | 4.64 | 1.08 | .91 | 4.72 | 1.00 | .91 |
| Self-Esteem | 4.20 | 1.21 | .94 | 4.23 | 1.17 | .94 | 4.32 | 1.16 | .94 | 4.31 | 1.16 | .95 |
| Optimism | 4.37 | 1.03 | .87 | 4.33 | 1.12 | .90 | 4.34 | 1.16 | .93 | 4.32 | 1.11 | .92 |
| Meaning | 4.74 | 1.03 | .90 | 4.68 | 1.08 | .93 | 4.63 | 1.15 | .92 | 4.58 | 1.13 | .93 |
| Happiness | 4.39 | 1.29 | .88 | 4.45 | 1.27 | .89 | 4.52 | 1.19 | .87 | 4.45 | 1.29 | .91 |
| Fear of COVID-19 | 2.20 | 0.82 | .88 | 2.07 | 0.85 | .89 | 1.98 | 0.92 | .92 | 1.92 | 0.91 | .92 |