Mortality Salience Effects on the Life Expectancy Estimates of Older Adults as a Function of Neuroticism

Table 1

Demographic information and individual differences.

	Young-Old	Old-Old	Overall
	M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)
Age*	66.38 (3.62)	77.68 (3.91)	71.44 (6.77)
Gender (% Female)	60 (81%)	48 (80%)	108 (81%)
Neuroticism	7.39 (4.67)	8.48 (5.20)	7.88 (4.92)
Self-esteem*	3.92 (.46)	3.64 (.60)	3.80 (.54)
Positive affect	3.28 (.67)	3.18 (.71)	3.23 (.69)
Negative affect*	1.29 (.38)	1.49 (.49)	1.38 (.44)

* indicates age differences ≤.01.