Table 3.

Correlations between depressive symptoms, depressive cognitions, variables representing engagement in cognitive activity across the lifespan, and cognitive function

	DCS	GDS	LEQ (CR)	Education	Young adulthood activities	Occupation	Mid-life activities	Later life activities	Cognition (ACE-III)
DCS		.618**	−.225**	−.035	−.226**	−.183**	−.220**	−.338**	.030
GDS			−.326**	−.168*	−.183**	−.250**	−.256**	−.393**	−.221**
LEQ (CR)				.695**	.687**	.683**	.682**	.715**	.452**
Education					.315**	.453**	.213**	.312**	.480**
Young adult activities						.266**	.705**	.529**	.152*
Occupation							.280**	.366**	.253**
Mid-life activities								.656**	.183**
Later life activities									.300**
Cognition (ACE-III)

DCS depressive cognitions scale, GDS geriatric depression scale, LEQ (CR) lifetime of experiences questionnaire (cognitive reserve), ACE-III Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination III

* Indicates significant at p < .05, ** Indicates significant at p < .01