Table 2.

Associations between disclosure in online groups and follow-up health outcomes

	Health self-efficacy	Emotional well-being	Functional well-being
Baseline outcomes
Health self-efficacy	.31***
Emotional well-being		.48***
Functional well-being			.34***
R2 change (%)	19.3***	30.4***	40.6***
Control variables
Age	.11	.06	−.02
Education	.08	.01	−.15*
Ethnicity (White)	−.33***	−.00	.07
Health insurance	−.04	−.02	.02
Living alone	−.09	−.08	−.07
Social support	.05	.02	.16
Early stage of cancer	−.13	−.11	−.04
Physical impairment	−.25**	−.25**	−.33***
Overall CHESS use	.00	−.15	−.03
R2 change (%)	13.9*	9.2	14.5**
Disclosure variables
Disclosure of insights	.19*	.19*	.25**
Disclosure of negative emotions	−.08	−.01	.06
Disclosure of positive emotions	−.22**	.11	.05
R2 change (%)	7.1*	3.5	6.0**

Note. N = 106.

^*p < .05,

^**p < .01,

^***p < .001. Cell entries are standardized final betas.