Table 3.

Hierarchical Regression Analysis for Trait Anger Predicting Perceived Support (n=95)

	Model 1			Model 2			Model 3
Variable	B	SE B	β	B	SE B	β	B	SE B	β
Sex	1.25	1.28	0.11	1.40	1.11	0.15	1.46	1.13	0.13
Income	0.25	0.62	0.05	0.20	0.57	0.04	0.23	0.55	0.04
Years since HIV diagnosis	−0.05	0.63	−0.08	−0.01	0.06	−0.02	−0.01	0.06	−0.02
Trait anger				−0.17	0.09	−0.19	−0.28	0.12	−0.31a
Life stress				−4.59	1.13	−0.41b	−4.69	1.13	−0.42b
Trait anger×life stress							0.24	0.18	0.18
R2	0.01			0.212			0.220
F	0.69			5.53b			4.94b

Trait anger was centered at its mean.

^ap<0.05; ^bp<0.01.