Table 4.

Tests of Mediation and Moderated Mediation: Global Intimacy as Mediator

	Step 1 (Criterion = BSI)		Step 2 (Criterion = Global Int)		Step 3 (Criterion = BSI)
	B	t	b	t	b	T
Self Disclosure (SD)
Intercept	15.73		3.12		13.15
Patient Functional Impairment	.14	4.48***	−.001	−.37	.13	4.42***
Actor’s Age	−.19	−3.60***	.01	1.89^	−.15	−3.06***
Patient Smoking Status	3.28	2.22*	.16	.94	3.65	2.58**
Type of Cancer (Lung or HN)	1.42	1.29	.01	.11	1.39	1.33
Actor’s SD	−.32	−3.26***	.06	5.93***	−.17	−1.60
Partner’s SD	.06	.64	.03	2.83***	.13	1.30
Social Role	2.00	3.85***	.16	3.45***	2.40	4.53***
Actor’s SD × Social Role	−.11	−.1.10	.001	.12	−.18	−1.67^
Partner’s SD × Social Role	.10	1.05	−.01	−.94	.06	.56
Global Intimacy					−2.46	−3.68***
Global Intimacy × Social Role					1.21	1.80^
Perceived Partner Disclosure (PPD)
Intercept	14.58		3.25		12.17
Patient Functional Impairment	.14	4.54***	−.0003	−.09	.14	4.65***
Actor’s Age	−.17	−3.24***	.01	1.41	−.14	−2.79**
Patient Smoking Status	3.45	2.28*	.14	.80	3.90	2.69**
Type of Cancer (Lung or HN)	1.33	1.19	.06	.44	1.33	1.25
Actor’s PPD	−.22	−2.34*	.05	5.39***	−.06	−.59
Social Role	1.79	3.48***	.16	3.36***	2.21	4.20***
Actor’s PPD × Social Role	−.03	−.26	.001	.18	−.08	−.78
Global Intimacy					−2.79	−3.88***
Global Intimacy × Social Role					1.04	1.56
Protective Buffering (PB)
Intercept	15.41		3.00		12.63
Patient Functional Impairment	.10	3.28***	.003	.78	.11	3.46***
Actor’s Age	−.18	−3.46***	.01	1.86^	−.14	−2.87***
Patient Smoking Status	2.60	1.75^	.22	1.14	3.04	2.14*
Type of Cancer (Lung or HN)	1.51	1.41	.01	.10	1.50	1.48
Actor’s PB	.21	2.77**	−.02	−2.86***	.16	2.14*
Partner’s PB	.95	1.28	−.003	−.47	.09	1.20
Social Role	2.07	3.20***	.11	1.83^	2.38	3.77***
Actor’s PB × Social Role	1.29	1.75^	−.001	−.19	.15	2.14**
Partner’s PB × Social Role	.11	1.49	.01	1.04	.13	1.87^
Global Intimacy					−2.64	−4.35***
Global Intimacy × Social Role					1.22	1.99*

Note: Int – Intimacy;

^***p ≤ .005;

^**p ≤ .01;

^*p ≤ .05,

^{^}p ≤ .10