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Table 2 Correlations of background characteristics, self-management abilities, and cognitive functioning among frail older people (n = 588)

From: Are self-management abilities beneficial for frail older people’s cognitive functioning?

Characteristic

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1. Sex (female)

          

2. Age (years)

−0.046

         

3. Marital status (single/widowed/divorced)

−0.386***

0.226***

        

4. Education (low)

−0.091*

0.102*

0.119*

       

5. Initiative taking

−0.017

− 0.141***

0.018

−0.035

      

6. Investment behavior

0.020

−0.145***

0.015

−0.069

0.697***

     

7. Resource variety

−0.057

− 0.187***

− 0.047

− 0.107**

0.530***

0.694***

    

8. Resource multifunctionality

0.059

−0.193***

−0.098

− 0.018

0.538***

0.585***

0.616***

   

9. Self-efficacy

−0.062

− 0.108*

− 0.031

−0.055

0.610***

0.575***

0.491***

0.582***

  

10. Positive frame of mind

0.011

−0.024

0.028

−0.026

0.291***

0.327***

0.210***

0.231***

0.384***

 

11. Cognitive functioning

−0.013

− 0.181***

0.026

− 0.137***

0.293***

0.317***

0.305***

0.275***

0.196***

0.100*

  1. *p ≤ 0.05, **p ≤ 0.01, ***p ≤ 0.001