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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2010 Oct;18(10):879–886. doi: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181d57441

Table 2.

Pearson’s Correlation Between Successful Aging Score and Predictor Variables.

Mean(SD)/percent N Correlation (r) p
Sociodemographic Factors
Age (years) 61.5(5.7) 195 −0.10 0.18
Female (%) 49 198 −0.12 0.08
Black (%) 35 198 0.04 0.62
Education 12.8(8.7) 192 0.03 0.72
Personal income 2.8(1.3) 198 0.05 0.46
Psychosocial Factors
PANSS positive 12.6(6.3) 196 −0.26 0.00
PANSS negative 12.0(6.0) 197 −0.37 0.00
CAGE: any item lifetime 33 198 −0.00 0.97
CESD ≥16 32 198 −0.09 0.17
Coping cognition 5.6(1.8) 195 0.24 0.00
Lifetime trauma events 3.5(3.8) 197 0.07 0.36
Environmental Factors
Quality of Life Index 21.7(5.3) 195 0.22 0.00
Supported residence (%) 61 198 −0.26 0.00
Number of entitlements 3.5(1.3) 198 0.06 0.40
Mental health services (upper tercile) 33 198 0.21 0.00
Frequency medical services .10 (.10) 198 0.09 0.21

Note: CESD=Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale; PANSS=Positive and Negative Symptom Scale

Income categories: 2= $4000–$6999; 3= $7000–$12,999;

Frequency of medical services: 0.25=monthly; 0.06= quarterly.