Coping, meaning in life, and quality of life during ongoing conflict: insights from Israeli populations

Table 2 Associations between background variables and both mediators and dependent variables

Variable	Age	Gender ^a	Family status ^b	Education ^c	Income	Traumatic life events	Evacuation during war ^d
Anxiety	− 0.03	0.25^***	− 0.18^***	0.07	0.01	0.27^***	0.18^***
Depression	− 0.05	0.19^***	− 0.22^***	0.05	− 0.004	0.25^***	0.17^**
Problem-focused coping - Self	− 0.02	0.23^***	− 0.02	0.02	− 0.02	0.22^***	0.16^**
Emotion-focused coping - Self	− 0.14^**	0.15^**	− 0.09	0.06	− 0.05	0.15^**	0.11^*
Dysfunctional coping - Self	− 0.01	0.16^**	− 0.16^**	0.04	− 0.04	0.26^***	0.08
Self-mastery	0.02	− 0.04	− 0.02	0.03	− 0.04	0.11^*	0.08
Problem-focused coping - Other	− 0.05	0.20^***	− 0.06	0.07	− 0.13^*	0.16^**	0.13^*
PCS	− 0.21^***	− 0.04	0.07	0.06	0.11^*	− 0.32^***	− 0.17^***
MCS	0.13^*	− 0.21^***	0.13^*	− 0.11^*	− 0.05	− 0.22^***	− 0.24^***
Search for meaning	− 0.03	0.12^*	− 0.08	0.09	− 0.03	0.02	0.10^*
Presence of meaning	0.11^*	0.05	0.19^***	− 0.03	0.05	− 0.11^*	0.32^***

Note. N = 366. Higher self-mastery scores indicate a weaker sense of personal mastery. PCS = Physical Component Scale; MCS = Mental Component Scale
^a 0 = Male, 1 = Female; ^b 0 = Other, 1 = Married or in a relationship; ^c 0 = Non-academic, 1 = Academic; ^d 0 = No, 1 = Yes
^*p < .05. ^**p < .01. ^***p < .001

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