with a greater degree of rejection of the support of others

(repudiation of key others) and with a greater sense of

feeling victimized and not well cared for (truculence).

Higher values for frustration were also positively correlated

with the survival quotient. One of the clusters of

vulnerability scales was associated with longer survival.

Cluster Three, which consisted of the scales for abandonment,

repudiation, and truculence, was positively correlated with

the survival quotient but was not significant at the .05

level. There was no increase in the strength of the

relationship as a result of the grouping of the scales.

 The correlation analysis also revealed negative

correlations with eight of the vulnerability scales, total

vulnerability, and two of the clusters. None of the

relationships were significant at the .05 level. The

negative values of r ranged from -.02 to -.18.

 Again, although the correlations were not strong, the

findings suggest that shorter survival was associated with

higher values of hopelessness, that is, having no hope for

recovery or confidence in improvement. The relationship was

similar for depression. There were also weak negative

associations between anxiety, physical exhaustion, a greater

sense of worthlessness and survival.

 The three indices of structural support were all nega-

tively correlated with the survival quotient. The results of

these correlation analyses are reported in Table 27.