Table 1.
Wave 1 (N = 2, 970) | Wave 2 (N = 2, 120) | t-test | |||
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M | SD. | M | SD. | t | |
Support Network Scale | |||||
Support network availability | 3.23 | .82 | 3.20 | .80 | 1.81 |
Support network use | 2.34 | .53 | 2.37 | .53 | −2.98** |
Support network cultivation | 2.93 | .69 | 2.93 | .71 | −.05 |
Overall Support Network Scale | 2.64 | .51 | 2.65 | .50 | −1.38 |
Positive Aging Index∧ | |||||
Health | 3.95 | .76 | 3.90 | .76 | 2.78** |
Functioning | 3.96 | .72 | 3.88 | .70 | 5.25*** |
Caring engagement | 3.54 | .72 | 3.53 | .64 | .82 |
Productive engagement | 2.63 | .89 | 2.61 | .87 | .93 |
Overall positive aging | 3.60 | .51 | 3.56 | .49 | 4.09*** |
*P < 0.05 (2-tailed), **P < 0.01 (2-tailed), ***P < 0.001 (2-tailed).
Scaling format of all scales: 5-point Likert scale, ranging from 1 (lowest value) to 5 (highest value).
∧Positive Aging Index: 12-item short version.