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Table 2 Estimated correlation coefficients, means, standard deviations, and range s

From: Psychological theory in an interdisciplinary context: psychological, demographic, health-related, social, and environmental correlates of physical activity in a representative cohort of community-dwelling older adults

Variables

Correlation with Intention

Correlation with self-efficacy

Mean

SD

Range

Demographic

  Gender (0 = women, 1 = men)

.11**

.12**

54.3% women, 45.7% men

0 – 1

  Age

-.18**

-.18**

78.4

7.7

65 – 105

  SIMD

.10

.09*

5.2

2.7

1 – 10

Physical health

  SF-36 physical functioning

.51**

.59**

71.7

23.0

5 – 100

  SF-36 role physical

.26**

.33**

82.3

25.9

0 – 100

  SF-36 bodily pain

.29**

.32**

69.3

26.8

0 – 100

  SF-36 general health

.37**

.43**

67.6

21.1

5 – 100

  FLP physical domain

-.49**

-.59**

174.6

20.8

0 – 409

Mental health

  SF-36 vitality

.38**

.43**

59.9

20.8

0 – 100

  SF-36 social functioning

.24**

.31**

88.2

22.7

0 – 100

  SF-36 role emotional

.09*

.12**

96.5

11.6

25 – 100

  SF-36 mental health

.22**

.22**

82.8

13.5

25 – 100

  FLP psychsocial domain

-.41**

-.49**

188.1

116.1

0 – 462

  Depression

-.31**

-.39**

3.7

2.7

0 – 14

  Anxiety

-.09*

-.10*

4.2

3.3

0 – 19

Social

  Need for support

-.22**

-.24**

1.7

1.2

1 – 6

  Received support

.33**

.36**

2.3

1.6

1 – 6

  Loneliness

.16**

.17**

8.2

1.3

3 – 9

  Neighbourliness

.13**

.13**

4.7

1.4

0 – 6

Environmental

  Local area Surroundings

20**

.19**

22.3

3.7

10 – 28

  Streets in your local area

.11**

.12**

14.2

2.5

6 – 20

  Traffic

.08

.09*

11.2

2.7

4 – 16

  Pedestrian safety

.08

.10*

19.9

3.3

10 – 28

  Personal safety

.31**

.32**

35.7

4.4

19 – 42

Weather

  Sun (hours)

-.04

-.04

29.0

15.5

1.1 – 60.7

  Minimum temperature

-.03

-.06

4.4

4.6

-8.9 – 12.2

  Maximum temperature

-.03

-.05

12.1

5.3

-2.3 – 22.0

  Rainfall

-.07

-.05

18.4

14.3

0 – 74.3

  1. Note. N = 574. *p < .05, **p < .01. FLP Functional limitations profil, SF-36 Short-Form 36 Health Survey, SIMD Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation.