Journal of Aging Research

Research Article

Rumination and Age: Some Things Get Better

Table 5

Regression.

(a) Effects of age, sex, brooding and reflection on depression


	Unstandardized coefficients		Standardized coefficients	Sig.	95.0% confidence interval for
		Std. Error	Beta		Lower bound	Upper bound

Sex	−2.088	3.611	−.118	.564	−9.197	5.021	0.052
Age group 1 (≤24 y.)	−4.588	3.622	−.218	.206	−11.718	2.541	0.123
Age group 3 (38–50 y.)	.781	4.738	.034	.869	−8.547	10.109
Age group 4 (51–62 y.)	−4.683	5.278	−.192	.376	−15.074	5.708
Age group 5 (≥63 y.)	−4.218	3.374	−.193	.212	−10.860	2.424
IA sex × age group 1	7.376	5.544	.284	.184	−3.538	18.291	0.202
IA sex × age group 3	1.131	6.499	.040	.862	−11.664	13.925
IA sex × age group 4	7.183	6.490	.263	.269	−5.594	19.960
IA sex × age group 5	6.428	4.920	.255	.193	−3.258	16.113
RSQ subscale brooding	1.375	.197	.411	.000	.986	1.763	0.259
RSQ subscale reflective pondering	−.053	.327	−.019	.871	−.697	.591	0.271
IA reflective pondering × age group 1	1.429	.673	.423	.035	.103	2.754	0.287
IA reflective pondering × age group 3	.168	.719	.045	.816	−1.248	1.584
IA reflective pondering × age group 4	.882	.893	.228	.324	−.876	2.640
IA reflective pondering × age group 5	2.135	.778	.438	.006	.603	3.668
IA sex × reflective pondering	.956	.529	.387	.072	−.086	1.997	0.288
IA sex × age group 1 × reflective pondering	−2.220	.906	−.570	.015	−4.003	−.436	0.312
IA sex × age group 3 × reflective pondering	−1.048	1.009	−.215	.300	−3.034	.939
IA sex × age group 4 × reflective pondering	−1.933	1.048	−.450	.066	−3.997	.130
IA sex × age group 5 × reflective pondering	−2.255	.981	−.409	.022	−4.187	−.323

IA: interaction, refl.: reflective pondering. Interaction effects were not included in the final model if they were not significant; R² is reported for the model containing the particular variable and all variables listed before that variable.

(b) Effects of age, sex, brooding, and reflection on life satisfaction


	Unstandardized coefficients		Standardized coefficients	Sig.	95,0% Confidence interval for
		Std. error	Beta		Lower bound	Upper bound

Sex	.604	.608	.054	.322	−.593	1.801	0.008
Age group 1 (≤24 y.)	−.627	2.078	−.048	.763	−4.718	3.464	0.136
Age group 3 (38–50 y.)	−4.194	2.008	−.288	.038	−8.147	−.241
Age group 4 (51–62 y.)	−5.635	2.108	−.367	.008	−9.785	−1.485
Age group 5 (≥63 y.)	−2.945	1.760	−.214	.095	−6.411	.520
RSQ Subscale Brooding	−1.336	.221	−.633	.000	−1.772	−.900	0.451
IA brooding × age group 1	.295	.342	.144	.389	−.379	.969	0.471
IA brooding × age group 3	.756	.347	.306	.030	.072	1.439
IA brooding × age group 4	.729	.354	.290	.040	.032	1.426
IA brooding × age group 5	.383	.349	.129	.273	−.304	1.070

IA: interaction, refl.: reflective pondering. Interaction effects were not included in the final model if they were not significant; is reported for the model containing the particular variable and all variables listed before that variable.