Table 2.
Regression analyses testing for mediation: Coping motives mediating the relation between smoking rate and anxious arousal symptoms
| Independent variable(s) | Dependent variable | b | F |
| 1. Gender (Step 1) | MASQ-AA | .01 | .00 |
| Cig/Day (Step 2) | .23 | 6.34* | |
| 2. Gender (Step 1) | WISDM-NR | .23 | 6.20* |
| Cig/Day (Step 2) | .28 | 10.02** | |
| 3. Gender (Step 1) | MASQ-AA | −.07 | .00 |
| WISDM-NR (Step 2) | .33 | 6.80** | |
| 4. Gender (Step 1) | MASQ-AA | −.05 | 3.23* |
| Cig/Day (Step 1) | .15 | ||
| WISDM-NR (Step 2) | .29 | 9.57** | |
| 5. Gender (Step 1) | MASQ-AA | −.05 | 6.79** |
| WISDM-NR (Step 1) | .29 | ||
| Cig/Day (Step 2) | .15 | 2.74 |
Note. β = standardized beta weight provided for hierarchical multiple regression; F = change in F statistic provided for hierarchical multiple regression (only one F statistic is reported for each step); gender dummy coded 0 = males, 1 = females; Cigs/Day = average number of cigarettes smoked per day; WISDM-NR = Wisconsin Inventory of Smoking Dependence Motives–Negative Reinforcement subscale; MASQ-AA = Mood and Anxiety Symptom Questionnaire–Anxious Arousal subscale.
* p < .05, ** p < .01.