Article in Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology · April 014 doi: 10. 1177/0022022113520074 citations 30 reads 327 authors
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| Table 2. Multiple Regression Analysis Predicting the PTGI Domains in the American Sample. Relating to Others New Possibilities Personal Strength Spiritual Change Appreciation of Life Gender .16** .11* .19*** .06 .15** Optimism .15* .07 .19** .04 .03 Pessimism −.01 −.01 −.03 −.03 −.01 Directly or indirectly .14** −.05 −.05 .06 .18*** Accidental or not −.17** .16** .09 −.09* −.10* Religious strength −.02 −.01 −.05 −.51*** −.03 R 2 .11*** .05** .10*** .28*** .08*** Adjusted R 2 .10 .03 .09 .27 .06 Note. PTGI = Posttraumatic Growth Inventory. Each categorical variable was coded as follows gender (0 = male, 1 = female, whether the event was perceived as directly or indirectly impacted (0 = directly, 1 = indirectly, and whether the event was perceived as accidental or deliberate (0 = accidental, 1 = deliberate). *p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001. at OAKLAND UNIV on April 9, 2014 jcc.sagepub.com Downloaded from Taku and Cann 611 reported greater growth. Unlike the American sample, the strength of religious beliefs did not significantly predict any of the PTG domains in the Japanese sample. In all models (Table 2 and 3), the variance inflation factor (VIF) for predictors ranged from 1.01 to 1.49 for the American sample and from 1.03 to 1.28 for the Japanese sample, indicating that multicollinearity was not an issue in these analyses. In sum, Hypothesis (a) was partially supported, with optimism and subjective perceptions of the event related to some PTG domains, but not all. Hypothesis (b) was also partially supported, with gender significantly correlated with PTG domains in the American sample, except for the New Possibilities and Spiritual Change domains however, contrary to our hypothesis, significant gender differences emerged in the Personal Strength domain in the Japanese sample. Hypothesis (c) was supported. Download 463.33 Kb. Share with your friends:
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