Table 5.
Offspring-related differences in psychological resilience.
| Psychological Resilience | With Children (N = 91) |
No Children (N = 17) |
Effect Size | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resilience Scale (RS) total (mean ± SD) | 125.55 (±35.17) | 104.24 (±37.18) | 0.055 | 0.015 |
| RS Meaningfulness (mean ± SD) | 36.39 (±11.22) | 29.88 (±10.91) | 0.062 | 0.010 |
| RS Self - Reliance (mean ± SD) | 31.45 (±8.38) | 26.23 (±9.16) | 0.045 | 0.028 |
| RS Perseverance (mean ± SD) | 14.96 (±4.82) | 12.70 (±4.70) | 0.036 | 0.051 |
| RS Existential Aloneness (mean ± SD) | 16.41 (±4.82) | 13.88 (±5.20) | 0.055 | 0.015 |
| RS Equanimity (mean ± SD) | 15.43 (±5.11) | 12.88 (±5.26) | 0.038 | 0.041 |
Note: significant p values (<0.05) are reported in bold.