Effects of subjective successful aging on emotional and coping responses to the COVID-19 pandemic

BMC Geriatrics

Table 1 Descriptive statistics and correlations of major variables (N = 311)

		Mean (SD)/%	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.	7.	8.	9.	10.	11.	12.	13.
1.	Age	64.58 (10.14)
2.	Sex (Female)	73%	.05
3.	Education	1.94 (.62)	−.40^**	−.34^**
4.	Work status (Employed)	25.40%	−.51^**	−.04	.25^***
5.	Depression (Depressive group)	32.80%	−.13^*	.13^*	−12^*	.02
6.	Perceived severity	3.69 (.95)	.03	.08	−.16^**	−.04	.10
7.	Level of reduced social contact	4.04 (1.02)	−.10	.07	−.01	.05	.06	.22^***
8.	Perceived time limitation	3.32 (1.13)	−.02	.14^*	−.10	−.01	.14^*	.19^**	.09
9.	Subjective successful aging	5.03 (1.66)	.14^*	−.07	.11	−.17^**	−.52^***	−.09	−.03	−.18^**
10.	Negative emotions	2.81 (.03)	.05	.20^***	−.27^**	−.10	.31^***	.32^***	.19^**	.35^***	−.31^***
11.	Positive emotions	2.81 (.85)	.17^**	.08	.01	−.13^*	−.25^**	−.00	−.03	−.20^***	.40^***	−.28^***
12.	Negative reactions to reduced social contact	2.94 (1.14)	.03	.12^*	−.19^**	−.07	.25^***	.30^***	.25^***	.26^***	−.25^***	.58^***	−.23^***
13.	Problem-focused coping	3.41 (.72)	.03	.12^*	.03	.02	−.20^***	.18^**	.14^*	.01	.24^***	.05	.25^***	.07
14.	Emotion-focused coping	2.67 (.73)	.09	.15^**	−.07	−.06	−.05	.21^***	.11	.23^***	.12^*	.32^***	.18^**	.25^***	.36^***

Note. Sex was coded as 1 = male and 2 = female. Education was coded as 1 = primary school education or below, 2 = secondary school education, and 3 = Bachelor’s degree or above. Work status was coded as 0 = not employed and 1 = employed during the pandemic. Depression was coded as 0 = non-depressive group and 1 = depressive group
*p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001

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