Table 1.
Descriptive statistics and bivariate correlations for Study 1
| Variable | M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Fear of diseases | 2.77 | 1.00 | – | |||||||||
| 2. Fear of death | 2.42 | 1.84 | 0.34** | – | ||||||||
| 3. Ideal life expectancy | 87.64 | 10.25 | −0.03 | 0.05 | – | |||||||
| 4. Age | 58.07 | 17.18 | 0.09* | 0.06 | 0.07* | – | ||||||
| 5. Gender | – | – | −0.01 | −0.03 | 0.11** | 0.19** | – | |||||
| 6. Education | 5.56 | 1.82 | −0.07* | −0.02 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.14** | – | ||||
| 7. Life satisfaction | 7.06 | 2.16 | −0.16** | −0.17** | 0.16** | 0.14** | 0.08* | 0.07* | – | |||
| 8. Social satisfaction | 3.87 | 0.87 | −0.15** | −0.09* | 0.11** | −0.06 | 0.02 | 0.11** | 0.44** | – | ||
| 9. Self-rated health | 3.70 | 0.91 | −0.29** | −0.21** | 0.12** | − 0.14** | −0.04 | 0.10** | 0.39** | 0.29** | – | |
| 10. Diagnoses | 1.53 | 1.38 | 0.24** | 0.10* | −0.05 | 0.33** | 0.08* | −0.08* | −0.15** | −0.16** | −0.52** | – |
Self-rated health, social satisfaction, and fear of death were assessed on different scales in Study 1 and Study 2
*p < .05. **p < .001