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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Psychol. 2017 Feb 13;36(5):449–457. doi: 10.1037/hea0000455

Table 2.

Linear regression models with well-being predicting HbA1c as outcomea

Model 1
Demographics
Model 2
+Health Factors
Model 3
+Negative Affect
B(SE) β p B(SE) β p B(SE) β p
Age .014(.002) .39 <.001 .013(.002) .36 <.001 .013(.002) .36 <.001
Gender (1=Female) −.003(.004) −.04 .39 .002(.004) .02 .69 .002(.004) .02 .68
Education (years) .001(.002) .04 .51 .002(.002) .05 .31 .002(.002) .05 .31
BMI .004(.002) .11 .021 .004(.002) .11 .024
Current Smokingb .001(.004) .01 .77 .001(.004) .01 .76
Alcohol (drinks/wk) .000(.002) −.01 .89 .000(.002) −.01 .88
Exerciseb .001(.001) .03 .52 .001(.001) .03 .53
Healthy eating index −.003(.002) −.07 .15 −.003(.002) −.07 .15
Subjective sleep quality −.001(.002) −.02 .59 −.001(.002) −.02 .63
Chronic Conditions .000(.002) −.01 .77 .000(.002) −.01 .86
Anti-diabetic Medication useb .097(.009) .45 <.001 .097(.009) .45 <.001
Negative Affect .001(.002) −.01 .84
Eudaimonic Well-being
 Personal Growth −.003(.002) −.10 .058 −.001(.002) −.02 .65 −.001(.002) −.02 .61
 Purpose in Life −.005(.002) −.14 .005 −.004(.002) −.10 .021 −.004(.002) −.11 .018
Ikigaib −.006(.004) −.08 .13 −.005(.004) −.06 .16 −.005(.004) −.07 .16
Hedonic Well-being
 Positive Affect .001(.002) .04 .41 .002(.002) .05 .26 .002(.002) .06 .25
 Life Satisfaction −.001(.001) −.04 .45 −.001(.001) −.04 .66 −.001(.001) −.02 .66
Interdependent Well-being
 Gratitude −.002(.002) −.05 .32 .000(.002) .00 .97 −.000(.002) .00 .99
 Peaceful Disengagement .005(.002) .13 .009 .005(.002) .13 .003 .005(.002) .13 .003
 Adjustment .001(.002) .02 .73 .000(.002) .00 .94 .000(.002) .01 .91

Note. HbA1c and alcohol were log10 transformed. All continuous predictor variables are z-scored.

a

Each psychological well-being variable was entered in a separate model.

b

1=yes.