Table 3.
Regression analyses testing for mediation: Coping motives mediating the relation between anxious arousal symptoms and smoking rate
| Independent variable(s) | Dependent variable | β | F |
| 1. Gender (Step 1) | Cig/Day | −.01 | .01 |
| MASQ-AA (Step 2) | .23 | 6.34** | |
| 2. Gender (Step 1) | WISDM-NR | .22 | 6.32* |
| MASQ-AA (Step 2) | .31 | 13.59** | |
| 3. Gender (Step 1) | Cig/Day | −.09 | .09 |
| WISDM-NR (Step 2) | .29 | 10.02** | |
| 4. Gender (Step 1) | Cig/Day | −.08 | 3.28* |
| MASQ-AA (Step 1) | .16 | ||
| WISDM-NR (Step 2) | .24 | 6.16** | |
| 5. Gender (Step 1) | Cig/Day | −.08 | 5.06** |
| WISDM-NR (Step 1) | .24 | ||
| MASQ-AA (Step 2) | .16 | 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.