TABLE 4.

Hierarchical Multiple Regression Analyses Predicting Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Frequency (N = 136)

Variable	B	SE B	β
Step 1
Ethnicitya	−0.35	0.16	−0.19*
Income	−0.01	0.02	−0.07
Education level	−0.03	0.04	−0.06
Social desirability	−0.87	0.37	−0.20*
Assault severity	0.16	0.06	0.21**
ΔR2			0.13**
Step 2
Disclosure to formal support providerb	0.87	0.16	0.41**
Number of reasons for seeking support	0.07	0.02	0.21**
Social support	−0.05	0.09	−0.05
Disregard	0.10	0.11	0.09
Wish had not disclosed to someoneb	0.45	0.19	0.19*
ΔR2			0.25**
Step 3
Ethnicity × Disregard	−0.42	0.18	−0.22*
ΔR2			0.03*

^aAfrican American = 0, Caucasian = 1.

^bNo = 0, yes = 1.

^*p < .05

^**p < .01