Table 2.

Crosstabulation of age group by emotional valence for each statement of the TST.

Statement 1		Valence
Age group	Negative	Neutral	Positive	Total
Elderly	9 (24.3%)	10 (27.0%)	18 (48.6%)	37 (100.0%)
Young	10 (21.3%)	16 (34.0%)	21 (44.7%)	47 (100.0%)
Total	19 (22.6%)	26 (31.0%)	39 (46.4%)	84 (100.0%)
Statement 2
Elderly	9 (25.0%)	10 (27.8%)	17 (47.2%)	36 (100.0%)
Young	9 (19.1%)	19 (40.4%)	19 (40.4%)	47 (100.0%)
Total	18 (21.7%)	29 (34.9%)	36 (43.4%)	83 (100.0%)
Statement 3
Elderly	9 (24.3%)	7 (18.9%)	21 (56.8%)	37 (100.0%)
Young	8 (17.0%)	15 (31.9%)	24 (51.1%)	47 (100.0%)
Total	17 (20.2%)	22 (26.2%)	45 (53.6%)	84 (100.0%)
Statement 4
Elderly	4 (11.1%)	15 (41.7%)	17 (47.2%)	36 (100.0%)
Young	6 (13.0%)	17 (37.0%)	23 (50.0%)	46 (100.0%)
Total	10 (12.2%)	32 (39.0%)	40 (48.8%)	82 (100.0%)
Statement 5
Elderly	5 (13.9%)	18 (50.0%)	13 (36.1%)	36 (100.0%)
Young	9 (20.5%)	18 (40.9%)	17 (38.6%)	44 (100.0%)
Total	14 (17.5%)	36 (45.0%)	30 (37.5%)	80 (100.0%)
Statement 6
Elderly	10 (28.6%)	9 (25.7%)	16 (45.7%)	35 (100.0%)
Young	11 (26.2%)	16 (38.1%)	15 (35.7%)	42 (100.0%)
Total	21 (27.3%)	25 (32.5%)	31 (40.3%)	77 (100.0%)
Statement 7
Elderly	8 (22.9%)	13 (37.1%)	14 (40.0%)	35 (100.0%)
Young	6 (16.7%)	19 (52.8%)	11 (30.6%)	36 (100.0%)
Total	14 (19.7%)	32 (45.1%)	25 (35.2%)	71 (100.0%)
Statement 8
Elderly	3 (8.6%)	13 (37.1%)	19 (54.3%)	35 (100.0%)
Young	7 (19.4%)	8 (22.2%)	21 (58.3%)	36 (100.0%)
Total	10 (14.1%)	21 (29.6%)	40 (56.3%)	71 (100.0%)
Statement 9
Elderly	8 (24.2%)	13 (39.4%)	12 (36.4%)	33 (100.0%)
Young	5 (15.6%)	15 (46.9%)	12 (37.5%)	32 (100.0%)
Total	13 (20.0%)	28 (43.1%)	24 (36.9%)	65 (100.0%)
Statement 10
Elderly	8 (24.2%)	13 (39.4%)	12 (36.4%)	33 (100.0%)
Young	5 (17.2%)	14 (48.3%)	10 (34.5%)	29 (100.0%)
Total	13 (21.0%)	27 (43.5%)	22 (35.5%)	62 (100.0%)