Table 4.

Disclosure as a moderator of the effects of baseline breast cancer concerns on follow-up health outcomes

	Health self-efficacy	Emotional well-being	Functional well-being
Baseline outcomes
Health self-efficacy	.29**
Emotional well-being		.52***
Functional well-being			.35***
Control variables
Age	.11	.08	−.02
Education	.12	.04	−.11
Ethnicity (White)	−.32***	−.03	.10
Health insurance	−.02	−.02	.04
Living alone	−.12	−.06	−.09
Social support	.05	.04	.18*
Early stage of cancer	−.13	−.12	−.05
Physical impairment	−.15	−.26*	−.21*
Overall CHESS use	−.01	−.15	−.03
Disclosure variables
Disclosure of insights	.12	.23*	.20*
Disclosure of negative emotions	−.03	−.01	.14
Disclosure of positive emotions	−.25**	.12	.04
BC concerns variables
BC concerns at baseline	−.13	.07	−.12
BC concerns x Disclosure of insights	.07	−.08	.01
BC concerns x Disclosure of negative emo	.13	.03	.18*
BC concerns x Disclosure of positive emo	−.14	−.06	−.09
R2 change (%) by BC variables	3.7	0.9	3.3*

Note. N = 106.

^*p < .05,

^**p < .01,

^***p < .001. R² change values were obtained from the final step in which variables regarding breast cancer concerns (e.g., the baseline score on breast cancer concerns and three interaction terms with disclosure variables) were newly added.