Table 1 Characteristics of emotional and chronological age groups.
Total (n = 286) | Empirically-derived grouping* | Grouping according to chronological age | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Emotionally young group (n = 78) | Emotionally intermediate-age group (n = 122) | Emotionally old group (n = 86) | Chronologically young group (n = 78) | Chronologically intermediate-age group (n = 122) | Chronologically old group (n = 86) | ||
Age, y | 49.5 (10.4) | 41.0 (12.1) | 50.4 (8.4) | 56.0 (4.5) | 35.1 (7.3) | 51.9 (3.0) | 59.3 (2.3) |
Age group, no (%) | |||||||
20–29 y | 20 (7.0) | 16 (20.5) | 4 (3.3) | 0 (0.0) | 20 (25.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
30–39 y | 28 (9.8) | 20 (25.6) | 8 (6.6) | 0 (0.0) | 28 (35.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
40–49 y | 59 (20.6) | 21 (26.9) | 34 (27.9) | 4 (4.7) | 30 (38.5) | 29 (23.8) | 0 (0.0) |
50–59 y | 151 (52.8) | 19 (24.4) | 68 (55.7) | 64 (74.4) | 0 (0.0) | 93 (76.2) | 58 (67.4) |
60–65 y | 28 (9.8) | 2 (2.6) | 8 (6.6) | 18 (20.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 28 (32.6) |
Male sex, no (%) | 55 (19.2) | 16 (20.5) | 21 (17.2) | 18 (20.9) | 13 (16.7) | 18 (14.8) | 24 (27.9) |
Education, y | 14.6 (2.6) | 15.0 (2.8) | 14.5 (2.6) | 14.3 (2.3) | 14.8 (2.4) | 14.9 (2.2) | 14.0 (3.1) |
