Understanding the long-term connections between posttraumatic stress, subjective age, and successful aging among midlife and older adults

Figures & data

Table 1. Descriptive statistics and correlations between the study variables.

Variable	M (%)	SD	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
PTSD T1	40.50	19.01	-
(2) PTSD T2	32.64	16.93	.68***	-
(3) Proportional subjective age T1	0.23	0.19	−.11	−.17	-
(4) Proportional subjective age T2	0.16	0.19	−.23*	−.30**	.57***	-
(5) Physical functioning T3	64.61	33.91	−.41***	−.49***	.25**	.30**	-
(6) Mental functioning T3	68.30	27.43	−.47***	−.57***	.26**	.40***	.82***	-
(7) Subjective successful aging T3	4.18	0.94	−.30**	−.36***	.19*	.28**	.52***	.57***	-
(8) Age T1	65.84	9.12	−.12	−.08	.10	.03	−.26**	−.06	.10
(9) Gender (women)	55.0	-	.02	.11	.01	−.07	−.10	−.16	−.02
(10) Education	13.52	3.18	−.40***	−.23**	.03	.13	.23**	.18*	.08
(11) Exposure to rockets T1	3.90	1.30	.30**	.27**	.04	.02	−.08	−.07	−.14

N = 132, *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001.

Figure 1. The study model (non-significant paths are in light grey while significant paths are in black).

Table 2. Selected parameters for the study model.

Covariance			B	β	SE	LLCI	ULCI
PTSD T1	↔	Proportional subjective age T1	−0.46	−0.15	0.19	−1.09	0.05
PTSD T2	↔	Proportional subjective age T2	−0.30	−0.15	0.30	−0.76	0.05
Regression Weights
Exposure to rockets T1	→	PTSD T1	5.65***	0.40	1.18	3.39	8.17
Exposure to rockets T1	→	Proportional subjective age T1	0.004	0.02	0.01	−0.03	0.03
Education	→	PTSD T1	−2.39***	−0.35	0.57	−3.55	−1.21
Education	→	Proportional subjective age T1	0.004	0.05	0.007	−0.009	0.01
PTSD T1	→	PTSD T2	0.60***	0.65	0.07	0.40	0.79
Proportional subjective age T1	→	Proportional subjective age T2	0.53***	0.53	0.08	0.37	0.71
PTSD T1	→	Proportional subjective age T2	−0.002**	−0.22	0.001	−0.004	−0.001
Proportional subjective age T1	→	PTSD T2	−5.80	−0.06	6.66	−18.02	7.45
Physical functioning T3	→	Successful aging T3	55.96***	0.85	8.54	40.00	87.97
Mental functioning T3	→	Successful aging T3	51.39***	0.96	7.65	36.02	84.38
Subjective successful aging T3	→	Successful aging T3	1.00	0.60	-	1.00	1.00
PTSD T2	→	Successful aging T3	−0.01***	−0.58	0.003	−0.02	−0.01
Proportional subjective age T2	→	Successful aging T3	0.54*	0.20	0.22	0.21	0.98

*p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001