Table 1.
Description of Principal Respondents and Core Network Members
| Variable | Principal N = 152 |
Core Network Members N = 180 |
|---|---|---|
| Means and Standard Deviations | ||
| Age | 58.31 (5.42) | 50.61 (14.86) |
| Education | 13.88 (2.20) | 13.41 (2.69) |
| Self-rated health | 3.64 (1.09) | 3.77 (0.91) |
| Stress appraisal | 4.31 (0.83) | |
| Positive quality | ||
| Positive regard | 4.95 (0.16) | 4.86 (0.41) |
| Perceived support | 4.67 (0.40) | 4.50 (0.61) |
| Circle # | 1.25 (0.53) | 1.27 (0.53) |
| Negative quality | 2.04 (1.18) | 2.20 (1.19) |
| Enacted support | ||
| Emotional | 4.21 (0.85) | 4.38 (0.80) |
| Instrumental | 3.18 (1.12) | 3.46 (0.99) |
| Proportions | ||
| Women | .63 | .64 |
| Race | ||
| White | .72 | .75 |
| Black | .26 | .23 |
| Married | .63 | .62 |
| Life event type | ||
| Interpersonal | .55 | - |
| Noninterpersonal | .45 | - |
| Relationship type | ||
| Spouse/partner | .39 | - |
| Other family | .38 | - |
| Friend/other | .23 | - |
Note. Physical health was rated from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent). Appraised stress was rated from 1 (not at all) to 5 (extremely). Positive regard, perceived support and negative quality were rated from 1 (disagree) to 5 (agree). Circle number included 1 (inner, closest), 2 (middle, closer), and 3 (outer, close). Enacted support was rated from 1 (not at all) to 5 (a great deal).