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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Assess. 2010 Mar;22(1):108–120. doi: 10.1037/a0017662

Table 1. Sample Characteristics and Central Constructs of Study 1 and 2.

Study 1
(N = 267)
Study 2
(N = 218)

Variable M SD M SD
Age (years) 49.58 17.32 51.66 23.43
Gender (females) 53.9% 55.5%
Education (years) 14.79 2.44 14.89 2.47
Health restrictions (overall)a .00 .67 .00 .67
 Subjective health (1 = very good, 5 = very poor) 2.22 .91 2.46 .93
 Activity restrictionb (1 = very positive effect, 7 = very negative effect) 4.19 1.19 4.41 1.20
 # of medications 2.03 2.02 2.12 2.24
Depressive affectc 2.87 3.05 2.70 2.76
Activities (overall)d 3.39 .67 3.31 .69
 Physical 3.61 1.82 3.68 1.79
 Crafts 1.76 1.33 1.65 1.32
 Games 3.21 1.48 2.63 1.51
 TV 5.67 1.45 5.82 1.47
 Social-Private 4.91 1.00 5.08 1.16
 Social-Public 1.90 1.49 1.94 1.31
 Religious 3.82 1.85 3.56 1.96
 Technology Use 3.55 1.37 3.37 1.45
 Developmental 2.57 1.41 2.45 1.31
 Experiential 3.42 1.17 3.44 1.27
 Travel 2.67 .94 2.74 1.01
a

Note. Health restrictions (overall) represents a unit-weigthed mean composite based on subjective health, activity restriction, and number of medications.

b

Activity restriction: Mean score based on 6 activity domains (i.e., do chores, get around town, mental recreation, physical recreation, hobbies, travel).

c

Depressive affect: composite of Well-Being and Depressive Affect subscales of the CES-D.

d

Activities composite represents the mean of all activities domains.