Clinical Study

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

Table 5

Correlation coefficients of SLSAS scales with outcome measures of total resilience, perseverance, equanimity, meaningfulness, self-reliance, and existential aloneness administered at 24-month followup from date of baseline assessment (sample = 150).

Total resiliencePerseveranceEquanimityMeaningfulnessSelf-relianceExistential aloneness

SLSAS Scale
 Personal self-efficacy beliefs   .55***.69***.52***   .51***.34***  .43***
 Personal maturity   .41***.29**.38***   .46***.43**  .36**
 Personal traits   .38***.41***.29**   .23*.21*  .41***
 Self-care routines   .21*.24*.22*   .14.39**  .21*
 Personal commitments   .59***.57***.52***   .36***.59***  .32**
 Attitudes toward life   .46**.54***.37***   .45***.31**  .28*
 Personal achievements   .31**.16.31**   .22*.34**  .37**
 Social supports: informal sources  .21*.24*.12   .08.18  .21*
 Monetary status   .32**.20*.22*   .27*.44***  .48***
 Continuity in mid-life roles   .48***.56***.46***   .22*.46***  .32**

High scores indicate high levels of total resilience; perseverance; personal equanimity; meaningfulness; self-reliance; existential aloneness.
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