Table 3.
ANCOVA results for meta‐perceptions about older people
| M (SD) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dependent variables | UK | Taiwan | F(1, 426) | Partial η2 |
| Competence | 2.79 (.99) | 3.76 (1.07) | 79.57* | 0.16 |
| Warmth | 4.78 (1.05) | 5.03 (.95) | 4.55 | 0.01 |
| Admiration | 4.41 (1.32) | 5.06 (1.12) | 24.67* | 0.06 |
| Envy | 2.28 (1.10) | 3.23 (1.18) | 59.43* | 0.12 |
| Pity | 4.93 (1.07) | 4.89 (1.02) | 0.04 | 0.00 |
| Contempt | 3.42 (1.32) | 4.01 (1.33) | 23.36* | 0.05 |
| Active harm | 2.17 (1.06) | 3.53 (1.08) | 175.25* | 0.29 |
| Active facilitation | 5.58 (0.75) | 5.65 (0.81) | 0.64 | 0.00 |
| Passive harm | 4.25 (.94) | 3.74 (1.11) | 18.50* | 0.04 |
| Passive facilitation | 4.34 (1.07) | 3.94 (.98) | 17.76* | 0.04 |
Note: Covariates are religiosity, gender and age. Mean scores in bold are those that are significantly higher or lower than the midpoint of the scale.
ANCOVA = analysis of covariance.
*
p < .005.