Research Article
Understanding Centenarians' Psychosocial Dynamics and Their Contributions to Health and Quality of Life
Table 3
Age group comparisons on life events.
| | Centenarians (n = 137) | Octogenarians (n = 71) | F | | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| | Number of proximal events | 2.14 | 1.39 | 3.70 | 1.69 | 50.76 | | Number of distal events | 5.07 | 1.62 | 4.38 | 1.37 | 9.51 | | Total number of life events | 11.76 | 1.98 | 11.62 | 1.81 | .25 | | Positive life events | 4.28 | 1.44 | 5.27 | 1.21 | 24.25 | | Negative life events | 7.44 | 2.22 | 7.01 | 2.07 | 1.78 |
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P < .10, P < .05, P < .001.
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