Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics for and Correlations Among Variables of Interest
| Variable | Descriptive statistics | Correlations | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||
| 1. Wave 1 neuroticism | M = 2.20, SD = 0.66 | −0.15 | −0.17 | −0.05 | −0.17 | 0.28 | −0.19 | 0.09 | −0.07 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.13 |
| 2. Wave 1 conscientiousness | M = 3.47, SD = 0.43 | — | 0.23 | 0.29 | 0.23 | −0.15 | 0.03 | 0.13 | 0.07 | −0.09 | −0.11 | −0.11 |
| 3. Wave 1 openness | M = 3.03, SD = 0.50 | — | 0.33 | 0.48 | −0.11 | −0.01 | −0.05 | 0.18 | −0.05 | −0.07 | −0.12 | |
| 4. Wave 1 agreeableness | M = 3.48, SD = 0.47 | — | 0.52 | −0.05 | 0.08 | 0.28 | −0.09 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.08 | ||
| 5. Wave 1 extraversion | M = 3.22, SD = 0.55 | — | −0.13 | 0.05 | 0.09 | −0.03 | −0.04 | 0.01 | −0.04 | |||
| 6. Wave 2 NA reactivity | M = 0.15, SD = 0.09 | — | −0.11 | 0.03 | −0.11 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.15 | ||||
| 7. Age (years) | M = 46.53, SD = 11.20 | — | −0.01 | −0.06 | 0.20 | 0.22 | 0.34 | |||||
| 8. Gender (reference = male) | 56.60% | — | −0.15 | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.17 | ||||||
| 9. Education (years) | M = 7.42, SD = 2.43 | — | −0.12 | −0.24 | −0.24 | |||||||
| 10. Wave 3 chronic conditions | M = 2.11, SD = 1.46 | — | 0.39 | 0.48 | ||||||||
| 11. Wave 3 ADLs | M = 1.42, SD = 0.72 | — | 0.84 | |||||||||
| 12. Wave 3 IADLs | M = 1.97, SD = 0.93 | — | ||||||||||
Note: Significant correlations are indicated in boldface (p < .001). NA = negative affect; ADL = activity of daily living; IADL = instrumental activity of daily living.