Table-III.

Summary of One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA).

	25-34(n=33)		35-44(n=33)		45-55(n=34)
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	F	P
QOL	53.06	11.1	39.15	10.4	36.26	9.65	24.68	0.000**
OPT	16.72	3.54	13.33	4.58	9.44	3.80	27.84	0.000**
RA(ER)	32.72	4.76	24.54	5.05	17.11	4.92	84.37	0.000**
SP(ER)	9.15	3.71	16.84	3.27	22.94	3.45	131.28	0.000**

Note: ER= emotion regulation, OPT= optimism, QOL= quality of life, Between group df=2, within group df=97, total df=99,

^**p<0.01.