Laboratory Report 2
Brief Description
The aim of this Diathesis Stress Model (DSM) study is based on emotional regulation
and resilience. Emotional regulation is the capability to respond in a socially acceptable or
tolerable manner towards ‘poor’ interactions with others or poor quality experiences. It is to
be versatile enough to reduce, delay or respond in a more emotionally controlled manner in
terms of quality, duration, intensity of behavior or action in order to reduce self-distress in
certain disappointing or difficult events. Resilience is being able to mentally cope with
demanding situations by producing actions and behavior that protects oneself from external
stressors through adaptive functioning in long periods of chronic stress.
The study theorizes that an individual will gain higher resilience as a result of
undergoing stressful events like poor experiences, mentally and emotionally harmful
environments and backgrounds through the use of internal resources to withstand constant
adversity over a period of time.
The main variables that will be focused on is Gender, Age, Job Profession, Total
Resilience Scale Scores (TRSS) and Total Emotion Regulation Scale Scores (TERSS).
Gender includes female and male, age ranges from 25 to 40 years old, TERSS ranges from 25
to 55, TRSS ranges from 39 to 74. Additionally, the mean for the participants’ age is 32.07,
the median is 32 and the mode is 26, 28 and 39. Moreover, the study had 50 males and 50
female participants, thus having 50% for each sex category.
For males, the mean is 32.16, median is 31.50 and mode is 29.00; whereas for
females, the calculated mean is 31.98, the median is 32 and the modes are 26.00 and 39.00.
Laboratory Report 3
Results for Descriptive Statistics
The error is more tightly wrapped around the mean and so the model is a better model
of that group’s data.
Interpreting the above histogram data for TERSS, the mean for Total Emotion
Regulation Scale Score is 40.91, the standard deviation is 6.29; based from the gathering of
100 participant’s data. Moreover, for Total Emotion Regulation Scale Score (TERSS), it has
normal distribution and mesokurtic kurtosis. It is also not skewed in the sense that the
distribution curve is symmetrical around the mean, therefore it is not skewed.
Laboratory Report 4
Interpreting the above histogram data for TRSS, the mean for Total Resilience Scale
Scores is 57.12, the standard deviation is 7.45; based from the gathering of 100 participant’s
data. Moreover, for Total Resilience Scale Scores (TRSS), it has normal distribution and
somewhat more towards a mesokurtic kurtosis than a platykurtic kurtosis. It is mostly not
skewed in the sense that the distribution curve is mostly symmetrical around the mean.
Results for Normality Assumptions
As we can analyze from the above table called “Tests of Normality”, the test is non-
significant as p-value is above 0.05; whereby distribution of the sample is not significantly
Laboratory Report 5
different than a normal distribution and is likely normal. More specifically, for the
Kolmogorov-Smirnov, p=0.20 is more than p>0.05 is normal and it is non-significant,
therefore we accept the assumption that the distribution is most likely normal. As for the
Shapiro-Wilks test, p=0.22 is more than p>0.05 is normal and it is non-significant, therefore
we accept the assumption that the distribution is most likely normal.
Results for Interpretation Of Pearson Correlation in Inferential Analysis
The Pearson Correlation is used as a standardized tool to provide an association or
relationship between 2 concepts. The test has revealed that there is a strong positive
association that is significantly correlated between Total Resilience Scale Scores (TRSS) and
Total Emotion Regulation Scale Scores (TERSS), (r =0.83 , p < 0.001). Thus, greater
emotional regulation was associated with greater resilience.
Laboratory Report 6
Results for Interpretation Of Independent T-Test. The samples are taken from the
same population, therefore the means are similar and the differences between both means will
be closer to 0.
Participants of the female group (M = 41.14) scored significantly higher than the male
group (M = 40.68) in estimates of the mean for Total Resilience Scale Scores (TRSS), while
the male group (SD = 6.97) scored significantly higher than the female group (SD = 5.59) in
estimates for the standard deviation for Total Resilience Scale Scores (TRSS).
Laboratory Report 7
Participants of the male group (M = 57.66, SD = 8.23) scored significantly higher than
the female group (M = 56.58, SD = 6.62)in estimates of Total Emotion Regulation Scale
Scores (TERSS).
In regards to Levene’s Test, there is no significant difference in estimates of the Total
Resilience Scale Scores (TRSS) between male students (M = 57.66), (SD = 8.23) and female
students (M = 56.58), (SD = 6.62), t(98) = 0.723, p < .005). Since Levene’s Test is not
significant, assumptions are not violated, thus equal variances assumed.
Significant difference in estimates of the Total Emotion Regulation Scale Scores
(TERSS) between male students (M = 40.68), (SD = 6.97) and female students (M = 41.14),
(SD = 5.59), t(93.56) = -0.364, p < .005). Since Levene’s Test is significant, assumptions are
violated, thus equal variances are not assumed.
Additional Tables Of Report.
Laboratory Report 8
Laboratory Report 9
