Table 2.
Multivariate Linear Regression of Anxiety Symptoms Score: Stratified by Ethnicitya
| Coefficients from Linear Regressions
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| White Americans (n=1061) | Black Americans (n=1240) | Hispanic Americans (n=802) | ||||||||||
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| 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