Table 4.
Final model examining the associations between psychological distress and social integration and communal coping (N = 65)
| Anxietya |
Anxietya |
Somatization
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Depression
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate (SE) | p-Value | Estimate (SE) | p-Value | Estimate (SE) | p-Value | Estimate (SE) | p-Value | |
| Covariates | ||||||||
| Newly recruited family | 4.24 (1.94) | 0.04 | 4.31 (2.38) | 0.08 | −0.08 (1.37) | 0.95 | 1.53 (2.41) | 0.53 |
| Know non-carrier at assessment | −3.25 (2.65) | 0.23 | −2.64 (2.87) | 0.36 | −2.80 (1.38) | 0.05 | 0.93 (3.14) | 0.77 |
| Previous cancer history | −3.71 (2.53) | 0.15 | −3.45 (2.61) | 0.19 | 0.06 (2.48) | 0.98 | −0.53 (2.23) | 0.81 |
| Married/partnered | 2.73 (1.95) | 0.17 | 2.36 (1.84) | 0.21 | 2.60 (1.42) | 0.07 | 3.15 (2.09) | 0.14 |
| Support network size | ||||||||
| Tangible assistance | 0.87 (0.30) β = 0.43 |
<0.001 | ||||||
| Emotional support | −0.35 (0.17) β = −0.19 |
0.04 | ||||||
| Multiplexity | −1.43 (0.37) β = −0.55 |
0.005 | ||||||
| Shared supports among participating sisters | ||||||||
| Information exchange | 0.43 (0.22) β = 0.24 |
0.06 | ||||||
| Emotional support | −0.77 (0.37) β = −0.20 |
0.05 | −0.65 (0.28) β = −0.24 |
0.03 | ||||
SE, standard error; β, standardized coefficient.
a
Jointly, neither size nor shared supports were statistically important indicating potential collinearity effects.