Table 3.
Hierarchical regression analyses predicting influence of pronoun use on hypothesized outcome variables
| Criterion variables | Breast cancer-related concerns | Negative emotions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unstandardized coefficient |
Standardized coefficient |
Unstandardized coefficient |
Standardized coefficient |
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| B | SEB | Beta | B | SEB | Beta | |
|
Block 1: Control & Pretest
measures Control variables | ||||||
| Age | −.024 | .037 | −.058 | .018 | .035 | .048 |
| Time since cancer diagnosis (days) |
−.010 | .004 | −.199* | .006 | .004 | .139# |
| Pretest measures | ||||||
| Breast cancer-related concerns |
.576 | .083 | .602*** | - | - | - |
| Negative emotions | - | - | - | .422 | .081 | .489*** |
| Incremental R2 | .392*** | .285*** | ||||
| Block 2: Main Effect | ||||||
| Percentage of first person pronoun words |
.290 | .198 | .131# | .355 | .197 | .182* |
| Percentage of relational pronoun words |
−.248 | .219 | −.104 | .226 | .209 | .109 |
| Incremental R2 | .033* | .027# | ||||
| Total R2 | .425 | .313 | ||||
#
Note: p<.10
*
p<.05
***
p<.001
one-tailed test; n=95