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Published in final edited form as: J Behav Med. 2011 Jan 11;34(6):437–448. doi: 10.1007/s10865-010-9310-8

Table 3.

Step 1 mediation test of the relationship between religious involvement and spirituality, and physical/emotional functioning

	F	df	β	R²
Step 1. IV ⇒ DV
Physical functioning regressed onto religious beliefs	.59	3, 95	−.07	−.01
Physical functioning regressed onto religious behaviors	.45	3, 95	.03	−.02
Emotional functioning regressed onto religious beliefs	2.81^**	4, 94	.01	.07
Emotional functioning regressed onto religious behaviors	4.19 ^***	4, 94	.22 ^**	.12
Physical functioning regressed onto spiritual well-being	1.29	3, 95	.17	.01
Emotional functioning regressed onto spiritual well-being	3.51^***	4, 94	.17	.13

All models controlled for age and education; emotional functioning models additionally controlled for self-rated health status. Coefficients are for religious involvement or spirituality

Models for physical functioning at step three were nonsignificant

Bold font = support for step 1

P < .05;

^**

P < .01;

^***

P < .001