Midlife engagement in cognitively stimulating non-specific activities predicts GPA in older learners¶
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q2 i1 LEQ midlife non-specific activity is the second strongest significant predictor of GPA (β = 0.177, p = 0.001, sr² = 0.031). → Imlach 2017
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Imlach 2017¶
Imlach, A.-R., Ward, D. D., Stuart, K. E., Summers, M. J., Valenzuela, M. J., King, A. E., Saunders, N. L., Summers, J., Srikanth, V. K., Robinson, A. & Vickers, J. C. (2017). Age is no barrier: predictors of academic success in older learners. npj Science of Learning 2:13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-017-0014-5
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Step 2 of the final hierarchical regression (N = 329) shows LEQ midlife non-specific activities predicting GPA with β = 0.177, p = 0.001, sr² = 0.031. The authors note it "accounted for almost three times of the variance in GPA than did previous years of education".
"LEQ midlife non-speci fic 0.031 (0.014, 0.049) 0.009 0.177 3.515 0.001 0.031"
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