Table 3.
Means of mediators by age groups and ANOVA test results.
Means | F Test | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Young Adults | Middle-Aged Adults | Older Adults | NumDF | DenDF | F | |
Episodic Memory | 0.10a | 0.08a | −0.17a | 2 | 472 | 3.86 |
Executive Functioning | 0.09a | 0.05a | −0.18b | 2 | 473 | 7.54*** |
Positivity Effect | 0.07a | 0.02a | 0.07a | 2 | 459 | 0.93 |
NA Variability | 0.71a | 0.69a | 0.45b | 2 | 474 | 21.87*** |
PA Variability | 0.76a | 0.69a | 0.56b | 2 | 474 | 15.07*** |
Fatigue Variability | 6.21a | 6.02a | 4.97b | 2 | 474 | 11.48*** |
Pain Variability | 1.07a | 0.97a | 0.76b | 2 | 474 | 9.41*** |
Loneliness Variability | 0.31a | 0.28a | 0.14b | 2 | 474 | 20.03*** |
Social Desirability | 4.58a | 4.71a | 5.08b | 2 | 474 | 13.48*** |
Note.
p < .01,
p < .001.
Means with different superscripts are significantly different from each other at p < .01.