Table 2:

Description of the 13 variables within each age group

Variables*	Test	Young Group	Older Group	Group comparison (t-value (df))	Uncorrected P-value
Anxiety	HADS	0.05(1.11)	−0.02(0.92)	t¥(90) = 0.40	0.69
Depression	HADS	0.03(0.98)	−0.02(0.98)	t(184) = 0.34	0.74
Total emotion recognition	Ekman's Emotion Recognition Hexagon Test	−0.11(0.79)	0.03(1.06)	t¥(140) = −1.02	0.31
Disgust recognition	Ekman's Emotion Recognition Hexagon Test	−0.09(0.96)	0.04(0.99)	t(184) = −0.82	0.42
Surprise recognition	Ekman's Emotion Recognition Hexagon Test	0.02(0.85)	−0.01(1.03)	t¥(128) = 0.19	0.85
Anger recognition	Ekman's Emotion Recognition Hexagon Test	−0.04(0.92)	0.01(1.01)	t(186) = −0.35	0.73
Fear recognition	Ekman's Emotion Recognition Hexagon Test	−0.1(0.7)	0.03(1.1)	t¥(160) = −0.96	0.34
Happy recognition	Ekman's Emotion Recognition Hexagon Test	−0.07(0.71)	0.01(1.11)	t¥(160) = −0.51	0.61
Sad recognition	Ekman's Emotion Recognition Hexagon Test	−0.14(0.51)	0.05(1.15)	t¥(182) = −1.52	0.13
Positive reactivity	Emotion Reactivity and Regulation Task	−0.07(0.88)	0.03(1.02)	t(187) = −0.64	0.53
Negative reactivity	Emotion Reactivity and Regulation Task	−0.06(0.84)	0.03(1.04)	t(185) = −0.55	0.58
Positive reappraisal	Emotion Reactivity and Regulation Task	1.26E-03(0.66)	−8.82E-05(1.09)	t¥(166) = 0.1	0.99
Negative reappraisal	Emotion Reactivity and Regulation Task	0.05(0.92)	−0.03(1.01)	t(184) = 0.5	0.62

All variables are presented as mean (SD).

^*all residualized for age, sex and education.

^¥: adjusted for unequal variances between the groups