Cognitive Decline Influences Emotional Creativity in the Elderly

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TABLE 1 The relationship between the Emotional Creativity Inventory (ECI) and the Frontal Systems Behavior Scale (FrSBe), including subscales, and the results of multivariate regression analysis

	ECIea				ECIp				ECI
Dependent Variable	B	Std. Error	Sig.	VIF	B	Std. Error	Sig.	VIF	B	Std. Error	Sig.	VIF
(Constant)	36.509	7.825	0.000		48.688	7.364	0.000		134.294	21.879	0.000
FrSBeA	−0.187*	0.080	0.020	1.913	−0.198**	0.075	0.009	1.913	−0.507*	0.223	0.024	1.913
FrSBeD	0.110	0.074	0.137	1.804	0.187**	0.069	0.008	1.804	0.493*	0.206	0.018	1.804
FrSBeE	−0.113	0.081	0.166	2.578	−0.179*	0.076	0.020	2.578	−0.214	0.227	0.347	2.578
CCI	0.129	0.255	0.613	1.336	0.761**	0.240	0.002	1.336	1.354	0.713	0.059	1.336
Gender	−0.909	0.781	0.246	1.040	−0.049	0.735	0.947	1.040	−2.343	2.182	0.285	1.040
Age	0.035	0.062	0.576	1.213	−0.078	0.059	0.186	1.213	−0.138	0.175	0.431	1.213
Education elementary	1.976	1.830	0.282	1.139	−1.027	1.723	0.552	1.139	0.353	5.118	0.945	1.139
Education secondary	0.312	1.173	0.791	1.253	0.290	1.104	0.793	1.253	1.463	3.281	0.656	1.253
Education secondary with state exam	0.566	0.862	0.512	1.237	−0.371	0.811	0.648	1.237	1.200	2.409	0.619	1.237
Model sig.	0.046				0.000				0.044
R^2	0.096				0.167				0.097
N	178				178				178

** significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).

* significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)

Note: ECIea denotes the ECI subscale effectiveness/authenticity; ECIp denotes the ECI subscale preparedness; ECI total denotes the ECI total score, FrSBeA denotes the FrSBe subscale apathy; FrSBeD denotes the FrSBe subscale disinhibition; FrSBeE denotes the FrSBeE subscale executive dysfunction. Reference category for education: higher education

CCI stands for Cognitive Complaint Interview

TABLE 2 Pearson correlation coefficients for the components of cognitive deficits (Frontal Systems Behavior Scale [FrSBe], apathy, disinhibition, and executive dysfunction), memory deficits (CCI) and age of the participants

		FrSBeA	FrSBeD	FrSBeE	CCI
FrSBeD	Pearson Correlation	0.439**	1
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.000
FrSBeE	Pearson Correlation	0.649**	0.647**	1
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.000	0.000
CCI	Pearson Correlation	0.315**	0.315**	0.397**	1
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.000	0.000	0.000
Age	Pearson Correlation	0.254**	0.009	0.063	0.282**
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.001	0.908	0.403	0.000

** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).

Note: FrSBeA, FrSBeD, FrSBeE denote the FrSBe subscales of apathy, disinhibition, and preparedness

CCI stands for Cognitive Complaint Interview.