Table 1.

Core Analysis of Change in Global Cognition and Purpose in Life

A. Regression of latent factors of covariates	Estimate	SE	p
Cognition intercept factor
intercept	0.131	0.016	<0.001
age	−0.021	0.002	<0.001
sex	−0.147	0.033	<0.001
education	0.065	0.005	<0.001
Cognition slope factor
intercept	−0.075	0.005	<0.001
age	−0.005	0.001	<0.001
sex	0.004	0.008	0.636
education	0.001	0.001	0.217
Purpose intercept factor
intercept	3.611	0.015	<0.001
age	−0.017	0.002	<0.001
sex	0.062	0.030	0.039
education	0.037	0.004	<0.001
Purpose slope factor
intercept	−0.025	0.003	<0.001
age	−0.002	<0.001	0.001
sex	0.002	0.006	0.791
education	−0.001	0.001	0.197
B. Variances and covariances of latent factors
Variances
cognition intercept	0.187	0.010	<0.001
cognition slope	0.010	0.001	<0.001
purpose intercept	0.119	0.009	<0.001
purpose slope	0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Covariances
cognition intercept, cognition slope	0.017	0.002	<0.001
cognition intercept, purpose intercept	0.020	0.006	0.001
cognition intercept, purpose slope	0.001	0.001	0.425
cognition slope, purpose intercept	0.005	0.001	<0.001
cognition slope, purpose slope	0.001	<0.001	0.012
purpose intercept, purpose slope	−0.002	0.001	0.069
C. Cross lagged associations
Regression of purpose on cognition	0.071	0.019	<0.001
Regressions of cognition on purpose	0.019	0.002	<0.001

Note. Data are from a bivariate latent curve model with cross logged components. SE, standard error.