Table 3.
Betas, 95% CIs for linear regressions
| Grief Intensity | Psychiatric Symptoms | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B [95% CI] | p | B [95% CI] | p | |
| Bivariate association (unadjusted associations) | ||||
| Model 1c | Model 1d | |||
| Same-gender Partner | 1.16 [−1.14 to 3.46] | 0.321 | 1.07 [0.39–1.77] | 0.002 |
| Model 2c | Model 2d | |||
| Adjusted for potential confoundersa (final model) | ||||
| Model 2c | Model 2d | |||
| Same-gender Partner | 1.86 [−0.91 to 4.63] | 0.188 | 1.54 [0.69–2.40] | <0.001 |
| Adjusted for potential confounders and potential mediatorsb | ||||
| Model 3c | Model 3d | |||
| Same-gender Partner | −0.07 [−2.43 to 2.28] | 0.951 | 0.99 [0.26–1.73] | 0.008 |
ZBI, Zarit Burden Inventory.
Bolded Effects are statistically significant, sensitivity analyses indicated that effects were not changed by the inclusion of participants whose partner's gender is unintuitive for their reported sexual orientation are excluded.
a
Final models: adjusted for gender, age, partner age, length of relationship, ethnicity, religion, religiosity of partner, expectedness of death, traumatic life experiences, childhood bereavement, adult bereavement.
b
adjusting final models for potential mediators: care-giver burden (Zarit Burden Interview; binary), discrimination (binary), social support (continuous), loneliness (continuous).