The Relationship between the Perception of Aging and Death Anxiety in the Older Adults of Eastern Iran during COVID-19

Table 2

Estimation of multiple linear regression coefficients for predictors of perception of aging in older adults.

Variable		Univariate		Multivariate		R square
		Regression coefficient (β)	value	Regression coefficient (β)	value
Variable	Class					0.09
Age		−0.021	0.12	—	—
Gender	Male	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
	Female	0.61	0.009	—	—
Occupation	Retired	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
	Housekeeper	−0.54	0.12	—	—
	Self-employed	−0.66	0.5	—	—
	Employee	−0.16	0.84	—	—
	Worker	−0.77	0.03	−0.56	0.02
Perception of aging	Acute/chronic	0.094	0.01	—	—
	Cyclical	0.058	0.14	—	—
	Emotional representation	0.098	0.001	0.07	0.003
	Control negative	0.089	0.008	—	—
	Control positive	0.09	0.009	—	—
	Consequence positive	0.99	0.001	—	—
	Consequence negative	−0.08	0.1	—	—
	Experiences of health changes	0.01	0.76	—	—