Clinical Study

Sources of Life Strengths Appraisal Scale: A Multidimensional Approach to Assessing Older Adults’ Perceived Sources of Life Strengths

Table 2

Intercorrelations between subscale factors of the SLSAS ( ).

Subscales( )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )

) Personal efficacy .24**.20**.25**    .21**     .18*        .27**−.12*−.24**       .25**
( ) Personal maturity.22**.34**.16    .18        .21**     .21*−.16−.19*
( ) Personal traits.25**.17       .21*        .26**−.15−.21*  .14
( ) Self-care routines     .23**         .24** .13      .19*       .24**−.20*
( ) Personal commitments −.12 .17        .27**−.12        .26**
( ) Personal achievements        .27**    .14      .22*        .27**
( ) Attitudes toward life    .17    .16   .13
( ) Social support: informal    .15   .17
( ) Monetary status         .28**
( ) Continuity in mid-life roles

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