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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Exp Psychol Gen. 2013 Nov 11;143(3):1026–1048. doi: 10.1037/a0034847

Table 7.

Standardized relations of predictors of latent level and latent change in different cognitive abilities, controlling age, sex, and education

Level d Change d
Y
18–39
M
40–64
O
65–99
Y-M M-O Y-O Y
18–39
M
40–64
O
65–99
Y-M M-O Y-O
Average Health (Higher scores indicate poorer health)
Memory −.07 −.12* −.00 −.02 .11^ .07 −.14 .06 −.13 .04 −.06 −.01
Speed −.08 −.24* −.19* −.12^ .05 −.08 .02 .10 .17 .01 .05 .05
Vocabulary −.05 −.11* −.11* −.05 .02 −.03 .06 .22 −.06 .03 −.07 −.03
Average Vision (Higher scores indicate poorer vision)
Memory −.09* −.16* −.10* .00 .11^ .06 −.03 .23 −.06 .02 .02 .00
Speed −.11* −.16* −.18* .02 .02 .06 .08 .22 .03 .00 −.02 −.02
Vocabulary −.11* −.09* −.10* .05 .00 .06 .05 .01 −.08 .00 .00 .00
CES-D (Depressive Symptoms)
Memory −.08 −.09* −.07 .00 .00 .00 .02 −.10 −.05 −.02 .00 −.02
Speed −.07 −.14* −.09* −.06 .02 −.03 −.04 −.01 −.06 .01 −.03 −.01
Vocabulary −.03 −.07* −.05 −.03 .01 −.02 −.09 .17 −.06 .07 −.07 −.02
Anxiety
Memory −.01 −.08* −.06 −.07 .02 −.04 −.03 −.01 .12 .01 .04 .05
Speed −.01 −.13* −.07 −.09^ .02 −.09 −.04 .11 −.02 .03 −.03 .00
Vocabulary .04 −.04 −.03 −.07 .01 −.06 −.25 .13 .07 .09 .00 .06
PANAS-Positive (Positive Mood)
Memory −.12* −.08* −.05 .03 .02 .05 .01 −.10 −.07 −.02 −.02 −.03
Speed −.05 .05 −.00 .08 −.04 .04 −.14 .02 .19 .04 .07 .10^
Vocabulary −.17* −.13* −.13* .02 .01 .03 .23 −.03 −.04 −.04 −.02 −.05
PANAS-Negative (Negative Mood)
Memory −.10* −.15* −.15* −.04 −.05 −.08 −.52* .17 .03 .11^ −.01 .08
Speed −.03 −.11* −.13* −.08 −.05 −.11^ −.22 .11 −.06 .08 −.05 .02
Vocabulary −.09* −.14* −.19* −.07 −.08 −.14^ .08 .15 −.11 .01 −.07 −.06
Dysexecutive Questionnaire
Memory −.08 −.09* −.05 .00 .02 .01 −.37 −.01 −.03 .06 −.01 .05
Speed −.08 −.13* −.07 −.03 .04 .00 −.12 −.05 −.09 .02 −.02 .00
Vocabulary −.01 −.06* −.08* −.05 −.02 −.06 −.12 .04 .02 .02 .02 .03
Emotional Stability
Memory −.01 .06 .06 .05 .01 .06 .14 .13 .01 −.02 −.01 −.02
Speed .03 .08* .01 .04 −.06 −.02 .10 .02 .03 −.02 .01 −.01
Vocabulary −.01 .02 .02 .03 .00 .03 .07 −.12 −.00 −.03 .02 −.01
Extraversion
Memory .03 .02 .05 −.02 .04 .02 −.15 −.16 −.03 .01 .01 .01
Speed −.01 .06 .08 .06 .02 .08 .12 −.12 .08 −.05 .05 −.01
Vocabulary −.01 −.03 −.02 −.02 .01 −.01 .22 .05 .19 −.03 .07 .04
Openness
Memory .21* .21* .22* −.02 .01 −.01 .52* −.24 −.11 −.12^ −.01 −.12
Speed .11* .16* .16* .03 .01 .04 −.02 −.12 −.05 −.01 .01 −.01
Vocabulary .37* .34* .38* −.02 .01 −.02 .07 −.19 −.03 −.02 .07 −.01
Agreeableness
Memory .11* .09* .06 −.03 −.02 −.05 .15 −.01 −.03 −.02 −.01 −.03
Speed .01 .11* .03 .08 −.06 .02 .05 .05 .17 −.00 .05 .04
Vocabulary .07 .07* .04 .01 −.04 −.03 −.15 .35 .09 .05 .02 .05
Conscientiousness
Memory .04 −.00 .04 −.03 .03 .00 .08 .15 −.08 .01 −.06 −.04
Speed .06 .18* .08 .11^ −.08^ .04 .23 .07 .06 −.04 .01 −.03
Vocabulary −.04 .01 .01 .04 .01 .05 −.02 −.13 .02 −.03 .01 .01
Busyness
Memory .02 .05 −.02 .01 −.04 −.03 −.18 −.12 −.00 .01 .01 .02
Speed .01 .03 −.05 .02 −.06 −.04 .43 −.07 −.02 −.09^ .00 −.08
Vocabulary −.04 −.04 −.06 −.01 −.01 −.02 −.29 .06 −.15 .05 −.05 −.01
Routine
Memory .04 .05 −.08 .01 −.09^ −.08 .13 .33 .18 .02 .01 .03
Speed −.01 .10* −.01 .08 −.08 −.00 .26 −.04 .14 −.05 .04 −.01
Vocabulary .01 .10* −.01 .08^ −.09^ −.02 .53 .10 −.01 −.05 −.01 −.05
Need for Cognition
Memory .22* .16* .17* −.07 .00 −.06 .01 −.04 −.07 .00 −.04 −.03
Speed .19* .14* .12* −.03 −.02 −.04 .03 −.03 .04 −.00 .01 .00
Vocabulary .26* .21* .21* −.05 −.02 −.06 −.08 −.06 .00 .02 .00 .01
Life Satisfaction
Memory .10* .07 .00 −.03 −.05 −.06 .13 .17 −.02 .00 −.02 −.02
Speed .04 .13* .02 .07 −.08 −.02 .20 .08 .09 −.03 .03 −.01
Vocabulary .02 .02 .01 .00 .00 .00 .37 −.10 .09 −.09^ .05 −.02
Memory Rating
Memory .17* .12* .18* −.06 .06 .00 −.05 −.08 −.23* −.00 −.08 −.07
Speed .05 .08* .09* .03 .01 .04 .03 .11 .03 .01 −.01 .00
Vocabulary .05 .03 .05 −.02 .01 −.00 −.18 −.09 .17 .02 .08 .09
Thinking Rating
Memory .15* .08* .10* −.07 .02 −.04 −.10 .25 −.22 .05 −.11^ −.05
Speed .06 .08* .02 .01 −.05 −.03 −.11 −.04 −.11 .02 −.03 −.01
Vocabulary .09* .07* .08 −.02 .00 −.01 .07 −.09 −.05 −.03 −.01 −.02
Cognitive Activities
Memory −.06 .00 .08* .05 .07 .14^ .19 −.09 −.08 −.07 −.02 −.07
Speed .04 .08* .15* .02 .09^ .14^ −.04 −.12 −.09 −.02 −.02 −.06
Vocabulary −.07* −.01 .13* .05 .11^ .20^ .04 −.05 −.26* .00 −.09^ −.11^
Walking
Memory −.10* −.03 −.03 .07 .00 .06 .03 .06 .14 .00 .04 .04
Speed .02 .00 −.01 −.02 −.02 −.03 −.09 .13 .03 .04 −.01 .03
Vocabulary −.01 −.01 .08 .00 .11^ .09 −.06 .03 −.08 .02 −.04 −.02
Yard Work
Memory .03 .03 −.04 .00 −.05 −.03 −.25 .09 .12 .09 .02 .09
Speed .04 .05 −.02 .00 −.07 −.05 −.38* −.07 .01 .11^ .02 .10^
Vocabulary .01 .02 −.05 .00 −.07 −.05 −.16 −.15 −.08 .02 .00 .01
Calisthenics
Memory −.12* −.08* .02 .01 .07 .09 −.16 .18 −.03 .06 −.04 .01
Speed −.03 −.01 −.03 .01 −.02 −.02 −.15 .37* .06 .10^ −.04 .06
Vocabulary −.07 −.03 −.05 .01 −.02 −.02 −.06 .06 −.02 .02 −.01 .00
Running
Memory .06 −.05 −.03 −.07 −.01 −.06 .09 .15 .07 .02 .02 .02
Speed .03 .02 .05 .00 .05 .06 −.28 .31* .05 .11 −.02 .06
Vocabulary .00 −.01 −.04 −.01 −.04 −.05 .56* −.10 .02 −.10^ .02 −.03
Aerobics
Memory −.01 −.02 −.05 −.00 −.03 −.03 −.07 .20 .04 .04 −.02 .03
Speed .01 .06 .05 .03 −.00 .03 −.14 .08 −.11 .05 −.06 .00
Vocabulary −.05 −.01 −.03 .04 −.01 .03 .06 .03 −.20 −.00 −.08 −.07
Swimming
Memory −.05 −.02 −.01 .01 .01 .02 −.06 .05 .05 .01 .01 .02
Speed −.00 −.02 .03 −.02 .04 .02 −.05 .06 .01 .02 −.01 .02
Vocabulary −.08* −.00 .04 .04 .04 .12^ −.02 −.08 −.04 −.02 .00 −.02
Tennis
Memory −.03 −.00 .04 .02 .03 .05 −.20 .13 −.00 .05 −.02 .04
Speed −.01 .01 .05 .01 .02 .04 .08 −.03 .15 −.02 .04 .02
Vocabulary −.09* −.03 .04 .04 .05 .13^ −.01 .11 −.14 .02 −.06 −.05
Rowing
Memory −.03 −.01 −.01 .02 −.01 .01 .14 .02 −.04 −.03 −.02 −.04
Speed −.04 −.01 −.01 .03 −.01 .02 .08 .05 −.07 −.02 −.04 −.04
Vocabulary −.06 .01 −.04 .08 −.05 .02 .16 −.02 −.08 −.04 −.03 −.05
Cycling
Memory −.03 −.06 .04 −.04 .09 .06 .52* .13 .04 −.07 .00 −.04
Speed −.03 −.02 .01 −.01 .03 .03 −.22 −.26 .02 −.01 .05 .04
Vocabulary −.02 .00 −.02 .01 −.02 −.01 .42* .09 .04 −.04 .00 −.02
Sports
Memory −.04 .01 −.02 .03 −.02 .01 −.21 .01 .06 .03 .03 .05
Speed .00 −.02 .00 −.01 .01 .00 −.12 .10 .05 .04 .00 .04
Vocabulary −.09* .01 −.03 .08^ −.03 .05 .06 −.06 .09 −.02 .04 .02
All Physical Activity
Memory −.09* −.03 −.04 .02 .00 .03 −.17 .18 .17 .05 .02 .09
Speed .01 .03 .01 .02 −.02 .00 −.19 .14 .04 .07 .00 .09
Vocabulary −.09* −.00 −.02 .05 −.02 .03 .05 −.10 −.13 −.02 −.02 −.06

Note:

*

p<.01. Estimates of effect sizes (d) of the group difference are derived from the standard errors of the unstandardized coefficients.

^

indicates that the difference in raw regression coefficients was significant at p<.01.