. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jun 25.

Published in final edited form as: Omega (Westport). 2008;58(2):107–128. doi: 10.2190/OM.58.2.b

Table 4.

Partial correlations between PTGI outcomes and predictors at pretest and R-squared change for groups of predictors over and above demographics (N=48)

	Relating to Others	New Possibilities	Personal Strength	Spiritual Change	Appreciation of Life
Event-related Rumination
Intrusive Grief Thoughts	−0.05	−0.22	−0.09	−0.19	−0.15

R² change	0.01	0.04	0.01	0.04	0.02

Appraisals
Threat Appraisals	0.22	0.29^**	0.20	0.14	0.34^**

R² change	0.04	0.07^*	0.03	0.02	0.09^**

Intrapersonal Coping Processes
Active Coping	0.17	0.48^***	0.44^***	0.10	0.14
Avoidant Coping	0.21	0.43^***	0.44^***	0.14	0.08
Coping Efficacy	0.18	0.31^**	0.26^*	0.06	0.22

R²change	0.06	0.24^***	0.24^***	0.02	0.05

Interpersonal Coping Processes
Support Seeking- Parent/guardian	0.49^***	0.45^***	0.42^***	0.25	0.25^*
Support Seeking- Other adults	0.27^*	0.21	0.17	0.16	−0.12
Support Seeking- Peers	0.16	0.16	0.06	−0.05	0.13
Support Seeking- Siblings	0.22	0.18	0.04	0.03	0.18

R² change	0.24^***	0.19^**	0.19^**	0.10	0.12^*

Mental Health/Social Adaptation
Internalizing behaviors	0.10	0.30^**	0.12	0.17	0.17
Externalizing behaviors	−0.14	−0.02	−0.14	0.23	−0.01
Self Esteem	0.03	0.07	0.15	0.05	0.07

R² change	0.05	0.14^**	0.10	0.16^*	0.05

Note. Age, time since death, and cause of death have been partialled.

p<.10

^**

p<.05

^***

p<.01.