Psychosocial variables and survival

 The independent variables. The relationship between

psychosocial variables and survival was explored by corre-

lating psychosocial variables with the survival quotient that

had been calculated for each individual in the sample.

Fourteen of the psychosocial characteristics treated as

independent variables were drawn directly from the scales of

the Index of Vulnerability. These variables are listed in

Table 9.

Table 9

Independent Variables Drawn from Scales of the Index of
Vulnerability



 Variables


 Hopelessness
 Turmoil
 Frustration
 Depression
 Powerlessness
 Anxiety
 Exhaustion
 Worthlessness
 Abandonment
 Denial
 Truculence
 Repudiation of key others
 Time perspective
 Total vulnerability


 Note. The scale of measurement of all variables listed in
 the table was continuous.