Table 4.

Main effects of optimism dimensions and interaction with stressful life events in predicting depressive symptoms and clinical depression.

	Prediction of Depressive Symptoms					Prediction of Major Depressive Disorder
	B	S.E.	t	f2		B	S.E.	Wald	OR	95% CI
Main effect of Optimism Dimension
PE	−1.464	.513	−2.852**	.09	PE	−.811	.338	5.746*	.444	.229 – .863
IS	−.173	.779	−.223	–	IS	.149	.519	.083	1.161	.420 – 3.214
SI	.127	.255	.497	–	SI	.279	.198	1.993	1.322	.897 – 1.949
O	−.198	.163	−1.21	–	O	−.104	.114	.828	.902	.721 – 1.127
Interaction between Optimism Dimension and Stressful Life Events
PE × SLE	−.258	.124	−2.090*	.05	PE × SLE	−.071	.104	.469	.931	.760 – 1.141
IS × SLE	−.083	.178	−.464	–	IS × SLE	.083	.129	.413	1.086	.844 – 1.399
SI × SLE	−.125	.235	−.529	–	SI × SLE	.024	.140	.030	1.025	.779 – 1.348
O × SLE	.128	.197	.648	–	O × SLE	.032	.132	.061	1.033	.798 – 1.338

Note.

^*p < .05,

^**p < .01,

^***p < .001 (Benjamini-Hochberg corrected);

PE = Positive Expectations, IS = Inferential Style, SI = Sense of Invulnerability, O = Overconfidence, SLE = Stressful Life Events