. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 2.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2013 Jan 2;21(1):10.1016/j.jagp.2012.10.006. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2012.10.006

Table 2.

Regression of demographics, caregiver status and religious coping (RCOPE) scores on daily cortisol slope scores.

				Step 1			Step 2			Step 3

	R²	R² change	Sig. F Change	Partial r	t(β)	p	Partial r	t(β)	p	Partial r	t(β)	p

Step 1: (df = 2, 67)	.008	.008	.776
RCOPE				.064	.526	.601	.238	1.986	.051	.249	2.059	.044
Caregiver status				−.046	−.377	.707	.221	1.839	.070	.223	1.830	.072

Step 2: (df = 1, 66)	.060	.052	.060
RCOPE × Caregiver status							−.229	−1.913	.060	−.228	−1.872	.066

Step 3: (df = 2, 64)	.114	.054	.149
Age										−.240	−1.979	.052
Education										−.127	−1.021	.311

Note: β = standardized beta coefficient.

Note: Supplemental Univariate ANOVA tests were run to assess if the unexpected direction of the findings in the caregiver group could be explained by higher engagement in negative religious coping that happens to be accompanied by higher positive coping in the same persons. The results in general were consistent with those above for caregivers with any combination including high positive religious coping associated with significantly flatter cortisol slope scores than any combination with low positive religious coping [p(t) < .07].