Longitudinal Patterns of Stability and Change in Tenacious Goal Pursuit and Flexible Goal Adjustment among Older People over a 9-Year Period

Table 5

Comparison of external variables across the trajectories of FGA and TGP.

Flexible goal adjustment	(1) Moderately high and stable		(2) High and stable		(3) Moderate and increasing		(4) Low and increasing			p		Tukey
trajectories	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Perceived health	3.38	.96	3.60	.99	3.00	.79	3.00	1.26	3.76	.01	.04	1 > 3
Satisfaction with life	26.68	5.10	29.00	5.86	24.75	4.77	22.25	7.31	7.13	<.001	.08	1,2 > 3,4
Self-esteem	33.99	3.91	36.13	3.38	32.23	3.91	29.55	6.00	11.00	<.001	.12	1,2 > 3 > 4
Depression moods	2.28	2.37	1.40	1.30	2.99	2.38	5.25	3.91	10.10	<.001	.11	4 > 1,2,3
Tenacious goal pursuit	(1) Low and stable		(2) High and decreasing		(3) Moderate and stable					p		Tukey HSD
trajectories	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Perceived health	3.14	.99	3.49	.97	3.23	.92		2.39		.09	.02
Satisfaction with life	24.60	5.60	27.98	4.29	25.91	5.58		7.05		.001	.05	2 > 1,3
Self-esteem	31.78	4.39	36.00	3.32	33.03	4.07		19.36		<.001	.14	2 > 1,3
Depression moods	3.19	2.80	1.89	2.42	2.64	2.46		4.41		.01	.03	1 > 2

Note. Tukey HSD are significant at .