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. 2009 Oct 13;64B(6):723–732. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbp074

Table 4.

Time 2 Self-acceptancea Regressed on Age, Functional Limitations, and Felt Obligation to Help Close Others and Society

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5 Model 6
β β β β β β
Age, T1 .13*** (.03) .13*** (.03) .13*** (.03) .13*** (.03) .13*** (.03) .13***
Self-acceptance, T1 .44*** (.03) .44*** (.03) .44*** (.03) .44*** (.03) .44*** (.03) .44*** (.03)
Functional limitations −.07** (.03) −.09** (.03) −.08** (.03) −.08** (.03) −.09** (.03) −.08** (.03)
Felt obligated to close others −.03 (.01) −.04 (.03) −.04 (.03) −.04 (.03) −.03 (.03) −.04 (.03)
Felt obligated to society .01 (.03) −.05 (.04) .00 (.03) .01 (.03) .00 (.03) .01 (.03)
Age ×
    Functional limitations .04 (.03) .04 (.03) .04 (.03)
    Felt obligated to close others .01 (.03) .01 (.03)
    Felt obligated to society −.04 (.03) −.04 (.03)
Functional limitations ×
    Felt obligated to close others .05 (.03) .06 (.03)
    Felt obligated to society .07* (.03) .06 (.03)
Functional limits × Age ×
    Felt obligated to close others −.06 (.03)
    Felt obligated to society −.06 (.03)
Constant −1.41*** (.38) −1.42*** (.38) −1.40*** (.38) −1.38*** (.38) −1.45*** (.38) −1.36*** (.38)
R2 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40
Valid n 778 778 778 778 778 778

Notes: Data are from respondents who were at least 35 years old at T1 and who reported no functional limitations at T1 in the 1995−2005 National Survey of Midlife in the United States. All models included as covariates measures of respondents’ gender, race/ethnicity, household income, education, marital status, work status, parental status, religious participation, formal volunteering, social integration, and parental generosity, affection, and use of rules in respondents’ childhood.

a

Scores on self-acceptance were standardized at the sample mean.

*p ≤ .05; **p ≤ .01; ***p ≤ .001 (two-tailed).