Table 5.

Unstandardized regression coefficients from the hierarchical regression analysis predicting FCOPES^† total and subscale scores: final model, biological, demographic, psychological, and social predictors

Predictors	Total	Acquiring	Refraining	Spiritual	Mobilizing	Passive
Biological and demographic variables
Age (years)	.141	.059	.022	.098**	−.018	.004
Women	4.186	2.354*	−.777	1.512*	1.145*	−.565
NYHA‡ II, III, or IV	2.044	.208	.321	.542	.315	.295
Time since MI§ (months)	−.029	−.014*	.001	−.003	−.005	−.004
Psychological variables
Anxiety	−.038	.057	−.076*	.000	.033	.035
Depression	−.006	−.121	−.063	−.026	−.020	.053
Social variables
Amount of social support	.153*	.130**	−.003	.028	.020	−.025*
Satisfaction with social support	.573*	.181	.268**	.127*	.062	−.092*
Secondary school completed	−.582	.201	−.221	.632	−.916*	−.865*
Married	2.877	2.294	−.211	−1.400	.438	1.018
Employed	−2.601	−1.349	.527	−.010	−1.029*	−.252
R 2	.101**	.123**	.158**	.087**	.073**	.133**
R2 change	.046**	.066**	.054**	.028*	.039**	.053**

Note. R² change refers to the addition of social predictors (social support, education, marital status and employment) to the model containing the biological and demographic predictors and psychological variables.

^*P < .05

^**P < .01

^†FCOPES: Family Crisis Oriented Personal Evaluation Scale

^‡NYHA: New York Health Association

^§MI: myocardial infarction