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Published in final edited form as: Stress Health. 2014 Mar 18;32(1):20–27. doi: 10.1002/smi.2571

Table IV.

‘Weakest link’ scores as predictors of fluctuations in depressive symptoms during the follow-up interval

Predictors	β	SE	F	df	r_{effect size}
Gender	−1.22	0.48	6.47^★★	1516	0.11
Time 1 CES-D	3.72	0.27	194.47^★★★	1516	0.52
Stress	0.06	0.01	61.77^★★★	1,2295	0.33
Weakest Link	0.95	0.27	12.86^★★★	1516	0.16
Weakest Link × Stress	0.03	0.01	12.03^★★★	1,2295	0.15

CES-D: Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale; stress: within-subject fluctuations in General Social and Academic Hassles Scale scores during the follow-up interval; weakest link: time 1 weakest link composite score.

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p <0.05.

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p <0.01.

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p <0.001.