Table 1.
Means, standard deviations, ICC and tests for age differences
| Younger adults | Older adults | Range | ICC | Age differences | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | ||||
| Positive affect | 3.00 | 0.36 | 3.28 | 0.59 | 1–5 | 0.35 | t(40) = −1.85# |
| Negative affect | 1.45 | 0.36 | 1.19 | 0.15 | 1–5 | 0.33 | t(26.80) = 3.00** |
| Received social support | 1.37 | 0.34 | 1.22 | 0.26 | 1–2 | 0.43 | t(40) = 1.64 |
| Source: partner | 1.48 | 0.40 | 1.55 | 0.41 | 1–2 | 0.57 | t(33) = −0.57 |
| Source: family | 1.08 | 0.10 | 1.09 | 0.12 | 1–2 | 0.21 | t(33) = −0.41 |
| Source: friends | 1.43 | 0.33 | 1.28 | 0.32 | 1–2 | 0.36 | t(33) = 1.32 |
| Source: acquaintances | 1.13 | 0.13 | 1.05 | 0.10 | 1–2 | 0.24 | t(33) = 2.07* |
| Multimorbidity | 0.14 | 0.36 | 0.15 | 0.49 | 0–5 | – | t(39) = −0.05 |
| Subjective health | 3.76 | 0.94 | 4.0 | 0.63 | 1–5 | – | t(40) = −0.96 |
| Chronic stress | 22.14 | 6.20 | 19.62 | 5.76 | 0–56 | – | t(40) = 1.37 |
| Depressive symptoms | 9.57 | 5.53 | 10.19 | 5.00 | 0–60 | – | t(40) = −0.38 |
| Perceived social support | 3.73 | 0.33 | 3.65 | 0.34 | 1–4 | – | t(40) = 0.80 |
Note The ICC stands for the amount of between-person variance in relation to total variance (Kreft and DeLeeuw 1998)
# p < 0.10, * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01