Testing a model of benefit-finding and growth in youths with chronic health conditions

BMC Pediatrics

Table 1 Descriptive statistics and correlations between BFG and all measured manifest variables

	N	M (SD)	Range	Correlations with BFG
BFG	498	3.01 (0.96)	1–5	-
Age	498	15.43 (2.07)	12–21	0.00
Gender¹	497	0.58 (0.49)	0–1	0.07
Social status	498	6.61 (1.42)	1–10	0.16**
Disease severity	498	2.54 (0.94)	1–5	− 0.04
Disease duration²	498	7.55 (4.45)	0–20	− 0.06
SI_OxCGRT	498	51.96 (24.08)	1-100	− 0.07

Note. BFG = benefit finding and growth; CI = confidence interval; SI_OxCGRT = oxford COVID-19 government response tracker; T1D = type 1 diabetes; JIA = juvenile idiopathic arthritis; CF = cystic fibrosis; * p < .05. ** p < .01. ***p < .001; 1 = point-biserial correlation (0 = male, 1 = female); 2 = in years

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