Table 3.

Moderation Models of Change in Depressive Symptoms Following Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (n=322)

Variable	b	SEM	β	p-value	R2
Religious affiliation
Intercept	0.47	0.68	0.12	0.49	0.46
Baseline symptom severity	0.69	0.08	0.72	0.00
Religious affiliation	0.40	0.85	0.05	0.63
Baseline symptom severity×religious affiliation	−0.05	0.10	−0.07	0.62
Motivation for spiritual growth
Intercept	1.33	0.65	0.36	0.04	0.47
Baseline symptom severity	0.61	0.07	0.64	0.00
Motivation for spiritual growth	−1.01	0.89	−0.14	0.26
Baseline symptom severity×motivation for spiritual growth	0.07	0.11	0.08	0.54
Sex
Intercept	0.37	0.80	0.10	0.65	0.47
Baseline symptom severity	0.75	0.10	0.79	0.00
Sex	0.50	0.93	0.06	0.59
Baseline symptom severity×sex	−0.14	0.11	−0.17	0.22
Age
Intercept	0.94	1.65	0.25	0.57	0.47
Baseline symptom severity	0.67	0.22	0.69	0.00
Age	−0.01	0.03	−0.02	0.89
Baseline symptom severity×age	0.00	0.01	−0.02	0.95
Sense of spirituality
Intercept	0.95	0.43	0.25	0.03	0.48
Baseline symptom severity	0.62	0.05	0.65	0.00
Baseline spirituality	0.00	0.02	−0.01	0.90
Baseline symptom severity×baseline spirituality	0.00	0.00	0.11	0.26
Trait mindfulness
Intercept	1.10	0.49	0.29	0.03	0.47
Baseline symptom severity	0.61	0.06	0.64	0.00
Baseline mindfulness	−0.07	0.07	−0.11	0.28
Baseline symptom severity×baseline mindfulness	0.00	0.01	0.04	0.69

b, unstandardized regression coefficient; β, standardized regression coefficient.