TABLE 2.
Unstandardized Parameter Estimates From Three Multilevel Models Assessing Change in Systolic (S) and Diastolic (D) Blood Pressure (BP) Across the Study Periods
| Variable | Model 1 |
Model 2 |
Model 3 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | SE | p | b | SE | p | b | SE | p | |
| SBP | |||||||||
| Intercept | 141.33 | 12.83 | .001 | 151.84 | 12.96 | .001 | 148.78 | 13.09 | .001 |
| Sex | –10.47 | 4.44 | .02 | –12.07 | 4.3 | .007 | –11.73 | 4.27 | .008 |
| Age | 0.07 | 0.29 | .79 | 0.08 | 0.28 | .3 | 0.02 | 0.27 | .92 |
| Exercise | 0.78 | 0.99 | .43 | 0.63 | 0.95 | .51 | 0.86 | 0.95 | .37 |
| Tobacco | 5.66 | 1.18 | .24 | 3.15 | 4.86 | .52 | 4.13 | 4.69 | .38 |
| BP Hx | 6.68 | 6.54 | .31 | 5.11 | 6.28 | .42 | 5.74 | 6.28 | .36 |
| BMI | 0.344 | 0.41 | .83 | 0.05 | 0.41 | .91 | –0.01 | 0.41 | .98 |
| Length | 0.06 | 0.03 | .04 | 0.06 | 0.03 | .05 | 0.06 | 0.03 | .03 |
| Initiator status | 1.12 | 4.01 | .78 | –0.55 | 3.9 | .88 | –0.32 | 3.88 | .93 |
| Time-1 | 2.09 | 1.13 | .08 | 2.02 | 1.13 | .08 | 2 | 1.13 | .08 |
| Time-2 | 0.87 | 1.3 | .66 | 0.9 | 1.31 | .49 | 0.91 | 1.23 | .46 |
| BDI | — | — | — | –0.79 | 2.96 | .79 | — | — | — |
| IES | — | — | — | 6.01 | 2.88 | .04 | 4.46 | 2.12 | .05 |
| TRED | — | — | — | — | — | — | –0.16 | 1.88 | .94 |
| TRED × Time-2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.28 | 0.97 | .02 |
| DBP | |||||||||
| Intercept | 84.22 | 10.29 | .001 | 93.44 | 10.31 | .001 | 90.66 | 10.39 | .001 |
| Sex | –9.44 | 3.56 | .01 | –10.89 | 3.42 | .002 | –10.66 | 3.39 | .003 |
| Age | 0.03 | 0.23 | .88 | 0.05 | 0.22 | .84 | –0.01 | 0.22 | .979 |
| Exercise | 0.79 | 0.8 | .32 | 0.68 | 0.76 | .37 | 0.87 | 0.75 | .25 |
| Tobacco | 4.42 | 3.84 | .25 | 2.32 | 3.88 | .55 | 3.21 | 3.72 | .39 |
| BP Hx | 7.11 | 5.24 | .18 | 5.76 | 5 | .25 | 6.36 | 4.98 | .2 |
| BMI | 0.01 | 0.33 | .97 | –0.24 | 0.33 | .48 | –0.28 | 0.32 | .39 |
| Length | 0.03 | 0.02 | .13 | 0.03 | 0.02 | .17 | 0.04 | 0.02 | .09 |
| Initiator status | 0.23 | 0.32 | .94 | –1.28 | 3.15 | .69 | –1.01 | 3.08 | .74 |
| Time-1 | 0.47 | 1.05 | .65 | 0.49 | 1.05 | .64 | 0.46 | 1.05 | .66 |
| Time-2 | 0.35 | 0.97 | .77 | 0.37 | 0.97 | .7 | 0.38 | 0.93 | .68 |
| BDI | — | — | — | –0.40 | 2.37 | .87 | — | — | — |
| IES | — | — | — | 4.91 | 2.3 | .04 | 3.66 | 1.79 | .05 |
| TRED | — | — | — | — | — | — | .45 | 1.47 | .76 |
| TRED × Time-2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.41 | 0.65 | .05 |
Sex (1 = men; 2 = women); Time-1 = dummy-coded variable distinguishing between study baseline and all other periods, which accounts for a linear change in BP from the baseline to the mundane events recall (MER) task period; Time-2 = dummy coded variable distinguishing between the MER and the divorce-specific mental activation task (DMAT) period; BPHx = history of physician-diagnosed high blood pressure. BMI = body mass index; BDI = Beck Depression Inventory; IES = Impact of Events Scale; BP = blood pressure; TRED = task-rated emotional difficulty score; Length = length of time in months the participants were married before the separation; Initiator status = participants’ reports of who initiated the separation (1 = you initiated the separation; 2 = your partner initiated the separation).