TABLE 5.
Middle-Aged Adults
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Young Adults
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Domain and Subcomponent | M | SD | M | SD | t | d |
Domains | ||||||
Neuroticism | 20.00 | 8.41 | 24.14 | 8.09 | −5.60**** | −.50 |
Extraversion | 27.35 | 7.16 | 27.74 | 7.37 | −.59 | −.05 |
Openness | 24.75 | 5.97 | 27.78 | 5.64 | −5.81**** | −.53 |
Agreeableness | 31.52 | 5.94 | 29.01 | 5.65 | 4.80**** | .44 |
Conscientiousness | 33.71 | 6.43 | 28.29 | 6.22 | 9.46**** | .86 |
Subcomponent | ||||||
Negative affect | 10.07 | 3.86 | 11.61 | 3.29 | −4.85**** | −.44 |
Self-reproach | 9.93 | 5.53 | 12.53 | 5.43 | −5.29**** | −.48 |
Anxiety | 5.72 | 2.49 | 6.38 | 2.30 | −3.09** | −.28 |
Depression | 5.09 | 2.50 | 6.09 | 5.68 | −2.39** | −.22 |
Self-reproach (Alternate) | 5.73 | 3.09 | 7.38 | 3.26 | −5.75**** | −.52 |
Positive affect | 10.34 | 9.48 | 10.49 | 2.94 | −0.26 | −.02 |
Sociability | 7.80 | 2.87 | 8.06 | 2.78 | −1.03 | −.09 |
Activity | 9.20 | 2.91 | 9.14 | 3.11 | 0.22 | .02 |
Aesthetic interests | 6.40 | 2.91 | 7.02 | 2.60 | −2.52*** | −.23 |
Intellectual interests | 5.99 | 2.03 | 6.31 | 2.15 | −1.70* | −.15 |
Unconventionality | 7.80 | 2.26 | 9.94 | 2.11 | −10.93**** | −.99 |
Nonantagonistic orientation | 19.30 | 4.73 | 17.69 | 4.46 | 3.91**** | .35 |
Prosocial orientation | 12.57 | 4.91 | 11.80 | 2.73 | 2.27** | .20 |
Orderliness | 13.85 | 3.40 | 11.14 | 3.11 | 9.28**** | .84 |
Goal striving | 7.76 | 1.85 | 6.76 | 2.23 | 5.34**** | .48 |
Dependability | 12.08 | 2.39 | 10.37 | 2.50 | 7.72**** | .70 |
Note. d = Cohen’s d measure of effect size for difference between means.
p < .10.
p < .05.
p < .01,
p < .001.