Table 1.
Descriptive statistics and intercorrelations for all variables under study of the full sample.
| Intercorrelations | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mean | SD | Age | Gender | Education | Loneliness | Number of Confidants | Depressive Affect | Openness | Morbidity | |
| Age (61–88 years) | 70.1 | 3.7 | 1 | |||||||
| Gender (1 = men, 2 = women) | 1.51 | 0.49 | 0.19 | 1 | ||||||
| Education (8.5–18) | 14.20 | 2.87 | −0.06* | −0.13* | 1 | |||||
| Loneliness (1–5) | 1.56 | 0.62 | −0.08** | −0.05* | −0.06* | 1 | ||||
| Number of confidants (0–18) | 4.75 | 4.40 | −0.05 | −0.05 | −0.01 | −0.26** | 1 | |||
| Depressive Affect (1–5) | 2.26 | 0.72 | −0.02 | 0.04 | −0.04 | 0.36** | −0.13** | 1 | ||
| Openness (1–7) | 5.03 | 1.17 | −0.07** | −0.05 | −0.04 | −0.18** | −0.12** | −0.10** | 1 | |
| Morbidity (0–5) | 1.24 | 1.31 | 0.01 | −0.05* | −0.03 | −0.06* | 0.05 | 0.15** | −0.03 | 1 |
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01.