TABLE 5.

Regression analysis predicting KAOP from KA and empathy profiles.

Variables	B	SE	β	95% CI		t	p
Residence	2.112	1.606	0.052	–1.042	5.266	1.315	0.189
Only child	–3.945	2.005	–0.078	–7.882	–0.008	–1.968	0.050
Raised by grandparents
	–2.775	1.566	–0.066	–5.851	0.031	–1.771	0.077
Having good relationships with older adults such as grandparents
	–7.252	1.861	–0.168	–10.906	–3.598	–3.898	<0.001
Contact with older adults such as grandparents
	–1.974	1.094	–0.078	–4.121	0.174	–1.805	0.072
KA	1.694	0.291	0.279	1.123	2.265	5.829	<0.001
Empathy profiles
LE vs. AE	–7.609	1.560	–0.184	–10.673	–4.546	–4.878	<0.001
HE vs. AE	7.497	3.027	0.092	1.553	13.441	2.477	0.014
KA × empathy profiles
KA × LE	–1.413	0.477	–0.139	–2.351	–0.476	–2.966	0.003
KA × HE	–0.898	1.138	–0.030	–3.134	1.338	–0.789	0.431
Unadjusted R2 0.189

KA, total scores of Palmore’s Facts on Aging Quiz; KAOP, total scores of Kogan’s Attitude Toward Older People Scale; AE, average empathy subgroup; LE, low empathy subgroup; HE, high empathy subgroup.