TABLE 3.

Moderated regression analyses predicting psychological well-being

	Positive Affect			Negative Affect
	β	s.e.	t	β	s.e.	t
Step 1:	F(5,1585) = 10.02, p < .001 R2 = .031			F(5,1585) = 16.45, p < .001 R2 = .049
Age	.16	.00	6.33**	−.14	.00	−5.69**
Gender	−.06	.04	−2.59*	.11	.03	4.42**
Education	.01	.02	0.33	−.12	.01	−4.69**
Number of biological children	−.02	.01	−0.92	.01	.01	0.29
Number of nonbiological children	−.03	.02	−1.12	.05	.02	2.05
Step 2:	ΔF(3,1582) = 76.25, p < .001 ΔR2 = .122			ΔF(3,1582) = 51.65, p < .001 ΔR2 = .085
Social integration	.22	.00	8.68**	−.21	.00	−8.10**
Perceived friend support	.12	.03	4.70**	−.09	.02	−3.28**
Perceived kin support	.14	.03	5.49**	−.09	.02	−3.54**
Step 3	ΔF(4,1578) = 33.73, p < .001 ΔR2 = .067			ΔF(4,1578) = 23.66, p < .001 ΔR2 = .049
Marital status	−.06	.07	−2.37	.05	.05	1.81
Personal mastery	.25	.02	10.10**	−.21	.01	−8.45**
Agency	.04	.03	1.86	−.01	.02	−0.53
Self-sufficiency	−.05	.03	−2.22	.09	.02	3.66**
Step 4:	ΔF(3,1575) < 1, p > .69 ΔR2 = .001			ΔF(3,1575) = 8.51, p < .001 ΔR2 = .013
Marital status × personal mastery	.02	.05	0.94	−.10	.04	−4.05**
Marital status × agency	−.01	.09	−0.58	.02	.07	0.66
Marital status × self-sufficiency	−.02	.11	−1.02	−.08	.09	−3.20**

Note.

^*p < .01;

^**p < .001.

Higher scores = being older, female, better educated; having more biological and nonbiological children; being never-married; scoring higher the psychological and social resources and positive and negative affect.