Table 4.
Regression Analyses Testing for Mediation: (1) Effect of Social Anxiety on Coping Motives, (2) Effect of Social Anxiety on MEAQ Scale (Mediator), (3) Effect of MEAQ Scale on Coping Motives Controlling For Social Anxiety, and (4) Effect of Social Anxiety on Coping Motives Controlling for MEAQ Scale
| Dependent variable | Independent variable(s) | B | t | p | ΔR2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coping motives | 1. Social anxiety | .37 | 4.03 | <.001 | .139 |
| MEAQ-Total | |||||
| MEAQ-Total | 2. Social anxiety | 1.30 | 6.84 | <.001 | .316 |
| Coping motives | 3. MEAQ-Total | 0.07 | 5.45 | <.001 | .139 |
| Social anxiety | 0.11 | 4.03 | <.001 | .197 | |
| Coping motives | 4. Social anxiety | 0.02 | 0.71 | .478 | .003 |
| MEAQ-Total | 0.08 | 7.09 | <.001 | .333 | |
| MEAQ-Behavioral avoidance | |||||
| Behavioral avoidance | 2. Social anxiety | 0.29 | 6.04 | <.001 | .266 |
| Coping motives | 3. Behavioral avoidance | 0.19 | 3.56 | <.001 | .097 |
| Social anxiety | 0.11 | 4.03 | <.001 | .139 | |
| Coping motives | 4. Social anxiety | 0.06 | 1.82 | .072 | .025 |
| Behavioral avoidance | 0.24 | 5.18 | <.001 | .210 |
Note. MCSAS = Marijuana Use to Cope with Social Anxiety Scale. B = unstandardized coefficient provided for multiple regression. Social anxiety was separately regressed on each dependent variable in steps (1) and (2). Social anxiety and mediator were simultaneously hierarchically regressed on the dependent variable in steps (3) and (4).