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Table 4 Two-tailed, bivariate Pearson Correlation Coefficients for correlations between AAQ and DAS, JWS and SOC scales

From: A cross sectional survey on UK older adult’s attitudes to ageing, dementia and positive psychology attributes

 

AAQ-Total

(95% CI)

AAQ-Psychosocial Loss

(95% CI)

AAQ-Physical Change

(95% CI)

AAQ-Psychological Growth

(95% CI)

DAS-Total

0.275**

(0.240–0.310)

0.228**

(0.192–0.263)

0.168**

(0.131–0.204)

0.248**

(0.213–0.284)

DAS-Social Comfort

0.234**

(0.198–0.270)

0.222**

(0.186–0.258)

0.139**

(0.102–0.176)

0.176**

(0.139–0.212)

DAS-Dementia Knowledge

0.254**

(0.218–0.289)

0.167**

(0.130–0.204)

0.161**

(0.123–0.197)

0.285**

(0.250–0.320)

JWS-Total

0.268**

(0.233–0.303)

0.193**

(0.156–0.229)

0.232**

(0.196–0.268)

0.192**

(0.156–0.229)

JWS-Self

0.323**

(0.288–0.356)

0.253**

(0.217–0.288)

0.280**

(0.245–0.314)

0.200**

(0.163–0.236)

JWS-Others

0.157**

(0.119–0.193)

0.092**

(0.055–0.130)

0.135**

(0.097–0.172)

0.143**

(0.105–0.179)

SOC-Total

0.510**

(0.482–0.538)

0.524**

(0.496–0.551)

0.394**

(0.362–0.426)

0.199**

(0.163–0.235)

SOC-Comprehensibility

0.387**

(0.355–0.419)

0.405**

(0.373–0.473)

0.307**

(0.272–0.341)

0.130**

(0.092–0.167)

SOC-Manageability

0.411**

(0.379–0.442)

0.443**

(0.412–0.473)

0.331**

(0.297–0.365)

0.111**

(0.073–0.148)

SOC-Meaningfulness

0.557**

(0.530–0.582)

0.540**

(0.513–0.566)

0.406**

(0.374–0.437)

0.297**

(0.262–0.331)

Highest Educational Level

0.032

(-0.006–0.069)

0.045*

(0.007–0.082)

0.035

(-0.003–0.073)

-0.280

(-0.059–0.017)

Overall Health

-0.483**

(-0.511–0.453)

-0.369**

(-0.401–0.336)

-0.548**

(-0.574–0.521)

-0.137**

(-0.174–0.99)

  1. * = p < 0.05, ** = p < 0.01, AAQ Attitudes to Ageing Questionnaire, DAS Dementia Attitudes Scale, JWS Just World Scale, SOC Sense of Coherence Scale-13