Table 4.
Results of multivariate mixed models of covariance–a main depressive latent class effect
| Chronic depression n = 49 (1) |
Rising depression n = 121 (2) |
Low depression n = 30 (3) |
Between-subject effecta | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | T2 | T3 | T1 | T2 | T3 | T1 | T2 | T3 | F valueb | |
| M (SD) | ||||||||||
| Negative appraisalc,d | 29.73 (6.66) | 28.87 (7.04) | 26.30 (8.04) | 26.82 (6.96) | 23.05 (7.55) | 20.78 (8.07) | 24.62 (7.63) | 21.47 (8.99) | 18.76 (7.02) | 4.07* (1) > (2), (3) |
| Positive appraisal | 22.37 (3.59) | 21.82 (3.85) | 21.52 (4.57) | 21.58 (3.88) | 22.43 (3.84) | 22.72 (3.77) | 22.03 (4.57) | 22.73 (4.52) | 21.53 (5.29) | .16 |
| Problem coping | 27.67 (5.52) | 27.07 (4.84) | 25.74 (5.15) | 27.44 (5.07) | 26.76 (5.22) | 25.65 (5.26) | 26.95 (6.27) | 27.30 (6.17) | 25.57 (5.88) | .04 |
| Emotion copinge | 20.98 (5.69) | 19.61 (4.34) | 20.06 (4.26) | 17.75 (5.90) | 15.44 (5.48) | 14.97 (5.46) | 14.40 (6.25) | 12.37 (4.71) | 11.40 (5.02) | 24.48*** (1) > (2) > (3) |
| Avoidance coping | 15.43 (5.29) | 14.56 (4.45) | 13.74 (5.19) | 14.39 (4.93) | 13.90 (4.41) | 13.54 (4.17) | 14.27 (4.60) | 13.30 (5.34) | 12.57 (4.82) | .91 |
* p < .05; ** p < .01; *** p < .001
aPairwise comparisons with Bonferroni’s test. b df = 2;196
Used covariates (only those which turned out to be significant for dependent variables): c age, d NYHA in T4, e sex