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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Dec 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Happiness Stud. 2022 Sep 5;23(8):3713–3730. doi: 10.1007/s10902-022-00565-8

Table 2.

Standardized Coefficients from Cognitive Constructs to Subjective Well-Being Outcomes

18–44 years 45–64 years 65–99 years Full sample

n = 1,242 n = 1,644 n = 970 N = 3,856
Vocab → life satisfaction −0.10 −0.10 0.03 −0.04
Reasoning → life satisfaction −0.29 0.13 −0.09 −0.09
Spatial → life satisfaction 0.31* 0.01 0.11 0.18*
Memory → life satisfaction 0.16* 0.03 0.05 0.08
Speed → life satisfaction 0.07 0.09* 0.04 0.06
Vocab → positive affect −0.28* −0.19* −0.33* −0.23*
Reasoning → positive affect −0.26 −0.03 −0.03 −0.01
Spatial → positive affect 0.08 −0.02 −0.16 −0.06
Memory → positive affect 0.15 −0.01 0.04 0.05
Speed → positive affect 0.05 0.09 −0.01 0.06
Vocab → negative affect −0.01 −0.06 −0.11 −0.06
Reasoning → negative affect −0.21 −0.10 −0.24 −0.19
Spatial → negative affect 0.00 −0.05 0.09 0.01
Memory → negative affect 0.01 −0.02 0.03 0.03
Speed → negative affect 0.04 0.02 −0.02 0.03

Note. Vocab=Vocabulary; Speed=Processing speed

*

p < .05