Table 3.

Hierarchical Regression Analysis for Family Conflict

Variables	Betas
	Step1	Step 2	Step 3
Family context
History of conflict	.55***	.52***	.34***
Family member age	−.13*	−.09	−.07
Family member race	.17**	.17**	.11*
Advanced care planning:   specified wishes	.15*	.13*	.06
Conditions
Physical symptoms		−.00	−.03
Psychological symptoms		.12	.02
Death awareness		.09	.00
Contributing factors
Difficulty accepting illness			.02
Family asserting control			.24***
Communication   constraints			.47***
Total R2	.41	.43	.72
R2 change	.41	.02	.29
F for R2 change	26.15***	1.80	50.01***

*p ≤ .05. **p ≤ .001. *** p ≤ .001 (two-tailed).