Table 1.
Participant Characteristics
| Positive Stereotype | Negative Stereotype | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measure | High Accountability (n =38) |
Low Accountability (n = 35) |
High Accountability (n = 35) |
Low Accountability (n = 36) |
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| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | |
| Age | 73.7 | 6.6 | 71.1 | 4.4 | 72.4 | 6.3 | 71.4 | 5.4 |
| Education | 17.2 | 2.4 | 17.2 | 3.0 | 17.3 | 2.4 | 17.4 | 2.3 |
| SF36 Physical Hlth. |
45.2 | 2.7 | 45.4 | 3.1 | 45.3 | 2.9 | 45.4 | 3.3 |
| SF36 Mental Hlth.1 |
44.8 | 3.7 | 46.0 | 4.3 | 45.6 | 4.0 | 44.0 | 4.7 |
| Geriatric Depression Scale |
1.3 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| Letter-Number Sequencing |
10.0 | 2.6 | 9.7 | 2.4 | 10.3 | 2.2 | 10.8 | 2.9 |
| Digit-Symbol Substitution |
63.4 | 14.2 | 60.4 | 11.1 | 63.91 | 12.0 | 64.3 | 10.6 |
| Vocabulary | 27.1 | 4.5 | 27.8 | 4.0 | 26.2 | 7.5 | 27.6 | 4.0 |
| Need for Cognition2 | 4.6 | 0.7 | 4.3 | 0.9 | 4.5 | 0.8 | 4.2 | 0.6 |
| Expectations Regarding Aging |
56.9 | 13.4 | 57.9 | 21.6 | 56.7 | 17.5 | 58.6 | 18.0 |
| Baseline Systolic Blood Pressure3 |
131.4 | 19.7 | 134.1 | 19.7 | 134.8 | 20.2 | 124.6 | 16.4 |
1
Significant Stereotype × Motivation interaction (p = .04).
2
Significant motivation effect (p = .02), with scores in high motivation condition (M = 4.6) being greater than those in the low motivation condition (M = 4.3).
3
Significant Stereotype × Motivation interaction (p = .047).