. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 14.

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

Table 4.

Step 2 mediation test of the relationship between religious involvement and spirituality, and physical/emotional functioning

	F	df	β	R²
Step 2. IV ⇒ M
Religious involvement
Meaning regressed onto religious beliefs	10.60 ^***	4, 94	.43 ^***	.28
Meaning regressed onto religious behaviors	9.13 ^***	4, 94	.40 ^***	.25
PANAS positive affect regressed onto religious beliefs	3.93 ^***	4, 94	.26 ^***	.11
PANAS positive affect regressed onto religious behaviors	7.44 ^***	4, 94	.41 ^***	.21
PANAS negative affect regressed onto religious beliefs	1.86	4, 94	.12	.03
PANAS negative affect regressed onto religious behaviors	1.53	4, 94	.03	.02
RCOPE positive regressed onto religious beliefs	7.30 ^***	4, 94	.44 ^***	.21
RCOPE positive regressed onto religious behaviors	6.90 ^***	4, 94	.44 ^***	.20
RCOPE negative regressed onto religious beliefs	2.97^**	4, 94	.04	.08
RCOPE negative regressed onto religious behaviors	3.59^***	4, 94	−.15	.10
Spiritual well-being
Meaning regressed onto spiritual well-being	12.52 ^***	4, 94	.52 ^***	.32
PANAS positive affect regressed onto spiritual well-being	6.92 ^***	4, 94	.43 ^***	.20
PANAS negative affect regressed onto spiritual well-being	1.94	4, 94	−.14	.04
RCOPE positive regressed onto spiritual well-being	7.90 ^***	4, 92	.50 ^***	.22
RCOPE negative regressed onto spiritual well-being	5.75 ^***	4, 91	−.33 ^***	.17

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 2

P < .05;

^**

P < .01;

^***

P < .001