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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jan 11.
Published in final edited form as: J Pers Soc Psychol. 2008 Sep;95(3):709–722. doi: 10.1037/0022-3514.95.3.709

Table 5.

Summary of Regressions Predicting Fears of Future Terrorism and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms

Fears of future terrorism (1 year)a
 Posttraumatic stress symptoms (1–2 years)b
Variable B β t 95% CI B z 95% CI Exp(B)
Constant 1.08** 5.72 0.71, 1.45 .55* 2.14 0.05, 1.06 1.74
Pre-9/11 psychological diagnoses .01 .01 .11 −0.15, 0.17 .07 0.77 −0.11, 0.25 1.07
Exposure: Lived within 100 miles .19 .06 1.86 −0.01, 0.39 .09 0.48 −0.28, 0.46 1.10
Exposure: Saw live on TV −.05 −.03 −.72 −0.19, 0.09 .22 1.51 −0.06, 0.50 1.24
Exposure: Direct .10 .02 .42 −0.36, 0.55 .30 1.07 −0.25, 0.84 1.34
Acute stress response (SASRQ) .03** .17 4.11 0.02, 0.05 .12** 11.00 0.10, 0.14 1.13
Fears of terrorism (2 months) .43** .44 8.95 0.34, 0.52
Searching for meaning (2 months) .01 .01 .25 −0.06, 0.08 .14* 2.23 0.02, 0.27 1.15
Finding meaning (2 months) −.07* −.09 −2.36 −0.13, −0.01 −.13* −2.30 −0.24, −0.02 0.88
Searching × Proximity < 100 milesc .07 .02 .82 −0.10, 0.23 ns
Finding × Proximity < 100 milesc −.18* −.06 −2.43 −0.32, −0.03 ns

Note. CI = confidence interval; SASRQ = Stanford Acute Stress Reaction Questionnaire (Cardeña, Koopman, Classen, Waelde, & Speigel, 2000).

a

Based on survey linear regression analysis, with N = 740, F(10, 730) = 22.88, R2 = .32, p < .001.

b

Based on generalized estimating equations population-averaged model, with N = 743 and 1,310 observations; model Wald, χ2(7) = 212.50, p < .001.

c

All other two-way interactions between the meaning measures and pre-9/11 psychological diagnoses, exposure, and acute stress response were tested and found nonsignificant.

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.