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Table 4 Prospective Effects of Mental Health and Positive Psychological Disposition Prior to Hospitalization for HSCT (Time 0) on Retrospective Measure of Growth (PTGI) at Time 2, and Change in Growth Between Time 1 and Time 2

From: Retrospective and prospective measures of post-traumatic growth reflect different processes: longitudinal evidence of greater decline than growth following a hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation

 

Anxiety (HAD-A)

Depression (HAD-D)

Happiness (SA-DHS)

Optimism (LOT)

Extraversion (BFI)

Acceptance (AAQII)

Retrospective Measure of Growth at Time 2 (PTGI)

 Relating to Others

−0.05

− 0.11

0.42***

0.30**

0.22+

0.15

 New Possibilities

0.17

0.09

0.23*

−0.01

0.18

−0.06

 Personal Strength

−0.06

−0.10

0.35***

0.13

0.23*

0.10

 Spiritual Change

−0.01

−0.07

0.23*

0.13

0.19

− 0.02

 Appreciation of life

0.05

−0.06

0.26*

0.15

0.32**

0.09

 Mean score of PTGI

0.03

−0.05

0.36***

0.17

0.25*

0.06

Change in Growth (Time 2 – Time 1)

 Positive orientation to others

−0.17

− 0.29*

0.21

0.03

0.24+

0.22+

 Personal Growth subscale

0.38**

0.20

−0.23+

−0.28*

− 0.06

− 0.09

 Brief Strengths Inventory

− 0.13

−0.20

0.16

0.20

0.26*

0.50*

 Intrinsic Spirituality scale

−0.07

−0.20

0.11

0.15

−0.18

0.24+

 Life satisfaction scale

−0.19

0.03

0.02

0.02

0.07

0.21

 Mean score in growth change

−0.14

−0.20

0.14

0.11

0.04

0.39**

  1. *** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05, + p < 0.10; A correlation with the retrospective measure of growth accompanied by differs to 0.05 with the corresponding correlation with prospective measure of growth