Table 3. Negative Binomial Regression Analysis of Church and Family Support on Serious Psychological Distress (K6) among Older African Americans.

	Model 1				Model 2				Model 3
Independent Variable	B	b	S.E.	t-value	B	b	S.E.	t-value	B	b	S.E.	t-value
Service Attendance
Nearly Everyday	-0.11*	-0.49*	0.04	-2.60	-0.11*	-0.48*	0.04	-2.60	-0.11*	-0.46*	0.04	-2.45
At Least Once a Week	ref	ref			ref	ref			ref	ref
A Few Times a Month	0.06	0.16	0.05	1.14	0.01	0.04	0.06	0.24	0.01	0.02	0.06	0.15
A Few Times a Year	-0.05	-0.15	0.06	-0.72	-0.10	-0.33	0.06	-1.88	-0.10	-0.31	0.05	-1.81
Emotional Support from Church Members	--	--			-0.19**	-0.30**	0.05	-3.71	-0.18**	-0.27**	0.06	-2.95
Negative Interaction with Church Members	--	--			0.12*	0.08*	0.05	2.43	0.07	0.05	0.04	1.71
Emotional Support from Family Members	--	--			--				-0.09*	-0.17*	0.04	-2.11
Negative Interaction with Extended Family	--	--			--				0.12*	0.07*	0.05	2.27
# of Chronic Health Problems	0.24***	0.15***	0.05	5.06	0.24***	0.15***	0.05	5.07	0.23***	0.15***	0.05	4.91
Gender - Female	-0.06	-0.15	0.06	-1.01	-0.06	-0.14	0.06	-0.94	-0.05	-0.13	0.06	-0.87
Age	-0.17**	-0.02**	0.06	-2.76	-0.16*	-0.02*	0.06	-2.43	-0.11	-0.02	0.07	-1.71
Income	-0.16	-0.03	0.09	-1.74	-0.17	-0.03	0.09	-1.78	-0.18	-0.03	0.10	-1.88
Education	-0.14*	-0.05*	0.06	-2.30	-0.16*	-0.05*	0.06	-2.73	-0.15**	-0.05**	0.05	-2.76
marital status – not married	-0.02	-0.04	0.06	-0.26	-0.01	-0.03	0.06	-0.23	0.01	0.03	0.06	0.20
Intercept	0.88***	2.86***	0.08	10.97	0.85***	3.63***	0.08	10.88	0.83***	3.43***	0.08	10.82
F	6.85***				8.30***				9.11***
Complex Design df	33				33				33
N	680				678				669

Abbreviations: B= standardized regression coefficient; b=unstandardized regression coefficient; SE=standardized error; df = degrees of freedom.

^*p < .05;

^**p< .01;

^***p < .001

Degrees of freedom associated with the F statistic are (9, 25) for Model 1 (11, 23) for Model 2 and (13, 21) for Model 3.