Table 5.

Main effects of optimism dimensions and interaction with stressful life events in predicting anxiety symptoms and physical complaints.

Prediction of Anxiety Symptoms					Prediction of Physical Complaints
	B	S.E.	t	f2		B	S.E.	Wald
Main effect of Optimism Dimension
PE	1.385	.766	1.808	–	PE	.039	.036	1.17
IS	.073	1.032	.071	–	IS	−.051	.045	1.27
SI	−.235	.319	−.733	–	SI	.117	.050	5.53***
O	−.120	.230	−.520	–	O	.020	.031	.434
Interaction between Optimism Dimension and Stressful Life Events
PE × SLE	.392	.177	2.218*	.06	PE × SLE	−.049	.031	2.50
IS × SLE	−.025	.242	−.102	–	IS × SLE	−.049	.055	0.80
SI × SLE	−1.277	.292	−4.374***	.22	SI × SLE	−.009	.032	0.07
O × SLE	−.195	.276	−.706	.08	O × SLE	−.019	.032	.340

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