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Published in final edited form as: J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2003 Jul;58(4):S225–S233. doi: 10.1093/geronb/58.4.s225

Table 4.

Completely Standardized Exogenous Effects of the Proposed Model

Dependent Variables^b	Independent Variables^a
Dependent Variables^b	Sex^c	Age	Education	Marital Status^d	Children^e
Extraversion
Direct	.098	.165^*	.300^**	−.144^*	−.061
Indirect	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	.098	.165^*	.300^**	−.144^*	−.061
Neuroticism
Direct	.241^**	−.117^*	−.043	.035	−.056
Indirect	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	.241^**	−.117^*	−.043	.035	−.056
Telephone
Direct	.352^***	.025	.163^*	−.147^*	.010
Indirect	.038	.025	.058^*	−.027	−.017
Total	.390^***	.050	.221^**	−.174^**	−.007
Face to face
Direct	−.117^*	−.114^*	−.026	.075	−.076
Indirect	.063	.059^*	.123^*	−.058	−.031
Total	−.054	−.055	.097^*	.017	−.106
Emotional support
Direct	.114^*	.000	−.157^*	−.081	.039
Indirect	.080	.065	.156^**	−.073^*	−.041
Total	.195^**	.065	−.001	−.153^*	−.002
Negative interaction
Direct	−.222^*	−.229^**	.123^*	.116^*	−.159^*
Indirect	.125^*	−.050	−.005	.005	−.025
Total	−.097	−.279^**	.117^*	.121^*	−.184^*

^a

These are exogenous factors.

^b

These are endogenous factors.

^c

Sex is coded in the following manner: 0 = male; 1 = female.

^d

Marital Status is coded in the following manner: 0 = married; 1 = other.

^e

Children is coded in the following manner: 0 = no children; 1 = one or more children.

^*

p < .05;

^**

p < .01;

^***

p < .001.