Table 5.

Coping strategies as a predictor of increase in positive affect as measured by the difference of consecutive scores

Coping strategy	Joint model			Individual models
	B	t (df = 892)	p	B	t (df = 915)	p
Keeping busy	0.1511	0.98	0.3281	0.4154	3.21	0.0014
Socializing	0.2035	1.20	0.2286	0.5220	3.95	<.0001
Positive thinking	0.5510	2.25	0.0249	0.4822	3.07	0.0022
Doing something good for self	0.4402	1.97	0.0496	0.5634	3.61	0.0003
Calming self	−0.1799	−0.64	0.5251	0.01013	0.06	0.9520
Finding perspective	−0.6790	−2.52	0.0120	−0.07531	−0.48	0.6325
Sitting with feelings until they pass	0.05330	0.26	0.7919	−0.06201	−0.41	0.6823