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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ethn Health. 2012 Feb 1;17(0):171–185. doi: 10.1080/13557858.2012.655264

Table 2.

Multivariate Linear Regression of Anxiety Symptoms Score: Stratified by Ethnicitya

Coefficients from Linear Regressions
White Americans (n=1061) Black Americans (n=1240) Hispanic Americans (n=802)

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5 Model 6
Religion Measures 95% CI 95% CI 95% CI 95% CI 95% CI 95% CI
 Attendance −0.02* (−0.04, −0.00) −0.05** H (−0.08, −0.02) −0.01 (−0.03, 0.01) −0.01 (−0.03, 0.02) −0.01 (−0.04, 0.01) 0.01W (−0.03, 0.05)
 Prayer 0.02 (−0.01, 0.04) 0.02 (−0.01, 0.04) 0.02 (−0.01, 0.05) 0.03 (−0.00, 0.06) −0.00 (−0.04, 0.03) −0.01 (−0.04, 0.02)
 Saliency 0.01H (−0.03, 0.04) 0.01H (−0.02, 0.05) 0.01H (−0.02, 0.05) 0.01H (−0.02, 0.05) 0.06** W,B (0.02, 0.09) 0.06* * W,B (0.02, 0.10)
 Spirituality −0.01 (−0.04, 0.03) 0.02 (−0.02, 0.06) −0.06* (−0.12 −0.00) −0.03 (−0.09, 0.03) −0.06 (−0.12, 0.01) −0.01 (−0.07, 0.04)
Psychosocial Mediators
 Congregational Support −0.02 (−0.06, 0.01) 0.02 (−0.02, 0.06) 0.02 (−0.02, 0.06)
 Congregational Criticism 0.00 (−0.05, 0.06) 0.04* (0.00, 0.08) 0.03 (−0.02, 0.08)
 Meaning −0.24** (−0.31, −0.17) −0.28** (−0.37, −0.19) −0.35* (−0.44, −0.26)
 Forgive Self −0.03 (−0.07, 0.00) −0.01 (−0.04, 0.02) −0.01 (−0.05, 0.03)
 Forgive Others −0.06** (−0.11, −0.02) −0.09** (0.16, −0.03) −0.04 (−0.09, 0.02)
Constant 1.33** (1.10, 1.55) 2.45** (2.10, 2.81) 1.40** (1.09, 1.72) 2.37** (1.96, 2.78) 1.23** (0.92, 1.54) 2.38* (1.88, 2.89)
R-squared 0.17 0.29 0.13 0.23 0.17 0.29 *
a

All models adjust for respondent’s gender, age, marital status, income, education, physical health and congregational membership

W

Different from White Americans at p<.05;

B

Different from Black Americans at p<.05;

H

Different from Hispanic Americans at p<.05. Significance based on overall model with all ethnic groups and interaction terms for ethnicity

*

Test of statistically significant difference within a given regression model at p<.05,

**

Test of statistically significant difference within a regression model at p<.01