Table 4.
Associations of resilience with family functioning and support system.
| Resilience 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R a | p | Adjusted r b | p | |
| Family functioning 2 | −0.15 | <0.001 *** | −0.15 | <0.001 *** |
| Support from family 3 | 0.20 | <0.001 *** | 0.21 | <0.001 *** |
| Support from peers 3 | 0.16 | <0.001 *** | 0.17 | <0.001 *** |
| Support from universities 3 | 0.19 | <0.001 *** | 0.19 | <0.001 *** |
1 measured by CD-RISC-2: 2-item version of the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale to assess resilience; higher scores indicate better adaptability, range: 0–8; 2 measured by BAFFS: 3-item Brief Assessment of Family Functioning Scale to evaluate family functioning; higher scores indicate greater distress, range: 3–12; 3 Support from family, peers and universities; higher scores indicate better support, range: 0–10 for each item; a Pearson correlation without adjustments for confounding variables; b Partial correlation adjusting for sex, age, ethnicity, education programme level, and field of study; *** Correlation is significant (2-tailed), p < 0.001.