The impact of coping and resilience on anxiety among older Australians

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Table 1. Demographic information

Variables		n	%
Income	Low (≤41,599)	174	53.7
	Lower medium (41,600–77,999)	91	28.1
	Upper medium (78,000–129,999)	28	8.6
	High (≥130,000)	31	9.6
Education	Below tertiary education	131	40.4
	Undergraduate/Technical school	113	34.9
	Postgraduate	80	24.7
Retirement status	Retired	206	63.6
	Not retired	118	36.4
Living arrangements	Living with others	244	75.3
	Living alone	80	24.7
Place of Birth	Australia	234	72.2
	Europe	66	20.4
	Other	24	7.4
Community group membership	Yes	209	64.5
	No	115	35.5

Note. Overall N = 324.

Table 2. Pattern matrix and Cronbach's alpha for scales

Scale item	Factor
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Anxiety 22	.82
Anxiety 13	.80
Anxiety 10	.78
Anxiety 21	.76
Anxiety 7	.76
Anxiety 11	.65
Anxiety 18	.64
Anxiety 14	.62
Anxiety 5	.62
Anxiety 4	.59
Anxiety 1	.59
Anxiety 9	.59
Resilience 14		.78
Resilience 7		.74
Resilience 12		.69
Resilience 9		.68
Resilience 6		.61
Resilience 11		.58
Resilience 8		.51
REF 3			.84
REF 9			.68
REF 8			.65
REF 11			.64
REF 5			.53
REF 6			.51
INS 6				.85
INS 5				.83
INS 8				.74
INS 7				.70
INS 4				.58
PRO 8					.64
PRO 6					.62
PRO 11					.54
PRO 13					.50
PRE 2						.70
PRE 3						.80
PRE 1						.51
AVO 2							.77
AVO 3							.87
EMO 1								.88
EMO 2								.67
STR 3									.60
STR 4									.71
Cronbach's α	.91	.85	.83	.87	.76	.73	.80	.81	.68

Note. REF = reflective coping, INS = instrumental support seeking, PRO = proactive coping, PRE = preventive coping, AVO = avoidance coping, EMO = emotional support seeking, STR = strategic planning.

Table 3. Intercorrelations, means, and standard deviations for study variables

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	M	SD
1. Anxiety	—	−.30^**	−.02	−.20^**	−.07	−.12**	.01	−.06	.07	28.84	7.04
2. Resilience		—	.44^**	.56^**	.34^**	.38^**	.18^**	.18^**	.10	40.03	5.67
3. REF			—	.51^**	.45^**	.41^**	.25^**	.16^**	.10	17.24	3.76
4. PRO				—	.41^**	.38^**	.22^**	.16**	.06	11.77	2.29
5. STR					—	.40^**	.17^**	.09	.09	6.10	1.43
6. PRE						—	.25^**	.17^**	.05	9.15	2.01
7. INS							—	.54^**	.11**	13.73	3.56
8. EMO								—	.04	5.90	1.77
9. AVO									—	5.49	1.67

Note. REF = reflective coping, PRO = proactive coping, STR = strategic planning, PRE = preventive coping, INS = instrumental support seeking, EMO = emotional support seeking, AVO = avoidance coping.

** p < .01, 2‐tailed;

* p < .05, 2‐tailed.

Table 4. Unstandardised regression weights for paths moderated by demographic variables

Path	b	SE	p
Avoidance Coping → Anxiety
Overall sample	.08	.05	.141
Male	.21	.08	.011
Female	−.02	.07	.770
Proactive Coping → Anxiety
Overall sample	−.15	.07	.025
55–65	−.06	.10	.557
66–75	−.362	.11	<.001
>75	.15	.17	.394
Reflective coping → Anxiety
Overall sample	.16	.06	.012
55–65	.23	.09	.010
66–75	.30	.11	.005
>75	−.30	.15	.051

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