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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 3.

Hierarchical Regression Analysis of Factors Predicting the Successful Aging Score

Variable β t df p
Sociodemographic Factors
Age −0.13 −1.71 179 0.09
Female −0.19 −1.61 179 0.11
Black 0.03 0.47 179 0.64
Education 0.07 0.98 179 0.33
Personal income −0.07 −0.91 179 0.36
Psychosocial Factors
PANSS positive −0.12 −1.25 179 0.21
PANSS negative −0.19 −2.06 179 0.04
CAGE: any item lifetime −0.00 −0.12 179 0.90
CESD ≥16 0.04 0.52 179 0.60
Coping cognition 0.06 0.80 179 0.42
Lifetime trauma events 0.10 1.33 179 0.18
Environmental Factors
Quality of Life Index 0.20 2.41 179 0.01
Supported residence −0.13 −1.62 179 0.11
Number of entitlements −0.02 −0.30 179 0.77
Mental health services (upper tercile) 0.05 0.67 179 0.50
Frequency of medical services −0.00 −0.12 179 0.90

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

Sociodemographic variable set: F=1.27, df 5, 174, p=.28

Psychosocial variable set: F=5.21, df6, 168, p<.001

Environmental variable set: F=2.14, df5, 163, p=06

Overall model: F=3.16, df 16,163, p<.001; R2 =.246