Table 2.
Linear Regression: Factors Associated With Posttraumatic Transcendence (N = 288)a
| Intercept | General Transformations
|
Domain-Specific Transformations
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) Life Change | (2) Survivor Identity Adopted | (3) Decisions Altered | (4) Problems Minimized | (5) Changes in Religiosity | (6) Changes in Closeness to Family | |
|
|
|
|||||
| 3.12b β (B) |
2.03c β (B) |
1.59c β (B) |
4.02b β (B) |
2.26b β (B) |
0.43 β (B) |
|
| Demographic characteristics | ||||||
| Age | −.14 (−0.02)c | .01 (0.00) | −.13 (−0.02)c | −.12 (−0.02)c | −.12 (−0.01)c | −.07 (−0.01) |
| Sex (F)d | −.05 (−0.10) | .06 (0.11) | .16 (0.32)e | .05 (0.09) | .02 (0.02) | .08 (0.16) |
| Race (AA)d | .01 (0.02) | .07 (0.14) | −.03 (−0.06) | −.02 (−0.04) | .19 (0.25)e | .18 (0.36)e |
| Years of education | −.01 (0.00) | −.13 (−0.04)c | .13 (0.04)c | −.11 (−0.03) | −.04 (−0.01) | −.12 (−0.03)c |
| Cumulative stress exposure | ||||||
| Cancer stage | −.07 (−0.11) | .03 (0.06) | −.04 (−0.07) | −.07 (−0.11) | .06 (0.06) | .11 (0.18)c |
| No. of treatment types | .15 (0.18)c | .00 (0.00) | −.04 (−0.06) | .04 (0.05) | −.02 (−0.01) | −.09 (−0.11) |
| Functional limitations | .13 (0.02) | −.03 (−0.01) | −.05 (−0.01) | .05 (0.01) | .00 (−0.01) | .00 (0.00) |
| Total no. of current illness symptoms | .06 (0.02) | .08 (0.03) | .08 (0.03) | −.06 (−0.02) | .04 (0.01) | .15 (0.05)c |
| Recent life events | .09 (0.05) | .07 (0.05) | −.07 (−0.06) | −.01 (−0.01) | .06 (0.03) | .07 (0.05) |
| Stress appraisal | ||||||
| Cancer was traumatic | −.04 (−0.04) | .00 (0.00) | .00 (0.00) | .00 (0.00) | .05 (0.03) | .06 (0.05) |
| Cancer was stressful | .06 (0.05) | .08 (0.07) | .19 (0.17)e | .10 (0.09) | .08 (0.04) | .12 (0.10) |
| Worry about recurrence | −.03 (−0.01) | .06 (0.02) | .21 (0.06)b | .13 (0.04)c | .01 (0.00) | .06 (0.02) |
| Concern over stigma | .11 (0.12) | .14 (0.17)c | .14 (0.17)c | .17 (0.21)e | .09 (0.07) | .11 (0.13)c |
| Feel stigmatized | .16 (0.19)e | .19 (0.25)e | .15 (0.19)e | −.01 (−0.02) | .09 (0.08) | .03 (0.04) |
| R | 0.39 | 0.40 | 0.52 | 0.35 | 0.36 | 0.45 |
| R2 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.27 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.20 |
| Adj R2 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.23 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.16 |
| F | 3.86 | 4.23 | 7.94 | 3.09 | 3.35 | 5.42 |
| P | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 |
a
Significant values appear in bold; P values 2-tailed.
b
P ≤ .001.
c
P ≤ .05.
d
Binary variables were coded 0, 1. For sex, female = 1; for race, African American = 1.
e
P ≤ .01.