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Table 4 Correlations between the APQ-S dimensions and well-being and health outcomes and socio-demographic subgroup differences

From: Validation of the Aging Perceptions Questionnaire Short on a sample of community-dwelling Turkish elderly migrants

 

Timeline chronic

Timeline cyclical

Consequence positive

Consequence negative

Emotional representations

Control positive

Control negative

Well-being

−.09

−.14**

.32***

−.25***

−.26***

.41***

.02

Physical HRQoL

−.13**

−.09

.07

−.20***

−.18***

.11*

.09

Mental HRQoL

−.22***

−.20***

.10*

−.27***

−.28***

.16**

.13*

Nr of chronic conditions

.26***

.24***

−.21***

.38***

.26***

−.29***

−.24***

Age

.09

.04

−.14**

.13**

.07

−.16**

−.03

Gender

 Female

3.88 (.94) **

3.58 (.77)

3.45 (1.03)

4.02 (.93) *

3.00 (1.09)

3.36 (1.10) *

2.16 (.90)

 Male

3.61 (.91) **

3.52 (.77)

3.54 (.94)

3.80 (.87) *

2.90 (1.06)

3.59 (.96) *

2.22 (.86)

Income

   < €1350

3.75 (.88)

3.54 (.79)

3.50 (.96)

3.93 (.86)

2.92 (1.07)

3.51 (.99)

2.20 (.85)

  ≥ €1350

3.57 (1.07)

3.53 (.76)

3.51 (1.05)

3.70 (1.06)

2.98 (1.02)

3.48 (1.18)

2.07 (.91)

Education

  < Elementary schooling

3.88 (.90) ***

3.57 (.76)

3.47 (.98)

4.06 (.81) ***

3.00 (1.10)

3.42 (1.04)

2.14 (.88)

  ≥ Elementary schooling

3.55 (.93) ***

3.53 (.77)

3.56 (.98)

3.72 (.95) ***

2.89 (1.03)

3.58 (1.06)

2.24 (.85)

Marital status

 Single/widowed

3.90 (.88) *

3.59 (.75)

3.48 (1.04)

4.13 (.86) **

3.14 (1.13) *

3.31 (1.09) *

2.10 (.87)

 Married/living together

3.66 (.95) *

3.53 (.78)

3.52 (.96)

3.81 (.90) **

2.86 (1.04) *

3.56 (1.00) *

2.23 (.87)

  1. Note. * p ≤ .05; ** p ≤ .01; *** p ≤ .001 (two-tailed). Subgroup differences were calculated using independent samples t-tests.