Table 1.
Descriptives of and correlations between the study variables
| M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Age | 70.06 | 4.48 | – | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Education level | 4.86 | 1.33 | .02 | – | ||||||||||||
| 3 | No. of children | 2.10 | 1.50 | .17*** | .01 | – | |||||||||||
| 4 | No. of grandchildren | 3.20 | 3.02 | .20*** | .09* | .55*** | – | ||||||||||
| 5 | Perceived income | 3.24 | 0.76 | .06 | .27*** | .02 | .03 | – | |||||||||
| 6 | Medical conditions | 0.89 | 0.86 | .10* | −.04 | −.01 | −.02 | −.11** | – | ||||||||
| 7 | Communication | 3.30 | 1.16 | -.05 | .06 | .02 | .13** | .11** | .01 | – | |||||||
| 8 | Ego integrity | 3.96 | 0.74 | .09* | .06 | .06 | .06 | .17*** | −.01 | .13** | – | ||||||
| 9 | Despair | 2.13 | 0.98 | -.09* | −.10* | −.04 | −.11** | −.25*** | .12** | −.16*** | −.49*** | – | |||||
| 10 | Need satisfaction | 4.01 | 0.62 | .05 | .02 | .06 | .09* | .13** | −.09* | .15*** | .40*** | −.50*** | – | ||||
| 11 | Life satisfaction | 3.20 | 0.98 | .03 | .09* | .09* | .12** | .21*** | −.01 | .12** | .32*** | −.36*** | .47*** | – | |||
| 12 | Vitality | 2.91 | 0.99 | .01 | .05 | .10** | .12** | .17*** | −.08* | .11** | .27*** | −.32*** | .49*** | .69*** | – | ||
| 13 | Depressive symptoms | 1.46 | 0.51 | −.05 | −.11** | −.03 | −.08* | −.26*** | .11** | −.07 | −.37*** | .40*** | −.54*** | −.59*** | −.59*** | – | |
| 14 | Anxiety symptoms | 2.13 | 0.66 | −.02 | −.11** | −.05 | −.12** | −.27*** | .05 | −.07 | −.39*** | .38*** | −.49*** | −.68*** | −.65*** | .75*** | – |
| 15 | Loneliness | 2.64 | 0.89 | −.06 | −.02 | −.04 | −.07 | −.18*** | .05 | −.16*** | −.25*** | .34*** | −.58*** | −.49*** | −.51*** | .60*** | .51*** |
*p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001