Ego and Spiritual Transcendence: Relevance to Psychological Resilience and the Role of Age

Table 1

Intercorrelations of the SoMe scale, VCI scale, and MOS with psychological resilience. 𝑁=265.

	Resilience	SoMe		VCI					MOS
		Meaning in life	Crisis of meaning	Self-determination	Pos. self-motivation	Self-calming	Action oriented failure management	Self-perception	Oneness and timelessness	Good power
SoMe
Meaning in life	.𝟒𝟒^∗∗
Crisis of meaning	−.𝟓𝟎^∗∗	−.𝟓𝟕^∗∗
VCI
Self-determination	.𝟓𝟒^∗∗	.𝟒𝟏^∗∗	−.𝟒𝟕^∗∗
Pos. self-motivation	.𝟓𝟖^∗∗	.𝟑𝟕^∗∗	−.𝟑𝟗^∗∗	.𝟓𝟑^∗∗
Self-calming	.𝟒𝟕^∗∗	.𝟑𝟎^∗∗	−.𝟑𝟓^∗∗	.𝟒𝟕^∗∗	.𝟔𝟑^∗∗
Failure management	.𝟒𝟐^∗∗	.𝟏𝟗^∗∗	−.𝟑𝟓^∗∗	.𝟒𝟏^∗∗	.𝟒𝟑^∗∗	.𝟓𝟐^∗∗
Self-perception	.𝟒𝟓^∗∗	.𝟐𝟑^∗∗	−.𝟒𝟒^∗∗	.𝟒𝟒^∗∗	.𝟑𝟖^∗∗	.𝟒𝟒^∗∗	.𝟔𝟎^∗∗
MOS
Oneness and timelessness	.01	.𝟑𝟐^∗∗	.00	.02	−.09	−.𝟏𝟕^∗∗	−.𝟏𝟗^∗∗	−.16*
Good power	.00	.𝟑𝟐^∗∗	.00	.02	.00	−.12	−.𝟏𝟖^∗∗	−.𝟏𝟖^∗∗	.𝟔𝟕^∗∗
Spiritual insight	.05	.𝟑𝟑^∗∗	−.02	.01	.02	−.06	−.𝟏𝟔^∗∗	−.13*	.𝟔𝟑^∗∗	.𝟔𝟒^∗∗

∗∗Correlations are significant at the level of .01 (two-tailed).
∗Correlations are significant at the level of .05 (two-tailed).