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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 26.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Behav. 2007 Nov-Dec;31(6):563–572. doi: 10.5555/ajhb.2007.31.6.563

Table 5.

Linear Regression Analyses Predicting Health Outcomes and Behaviors using Helpless Inevitability after controlling for demographic variables

R2 a R2 Bc
changeb
Healthcare utilization
Doctor visit in past year .021 .000 .005
Number of visits .070 .001 −.035
Health Behaviors
Activity Index .050 .001 −.037
Eating Problem Index .075 .002 −.054
Emotional Eating Index .020 .006* .082
Fat Increasing Behaviors .100 .012** .115
Fat Decreasing Behaviors .074 .015** .127
Stages of change for fruits/vegetables .045 .008** .095
Stages of change for fat .049 .011** .110
Chronic Illness
Chronic Illness Index .182 .007** .089
Perceived Health Status .120 .011** −.113
a

R2 for age, gender, race, income and education.

b

Change in R2 from adding helpless inevitability

c

Standardized beta coefficient Tests the hypothesis that R2 change is greater than zero

**

Significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)

*

Significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)