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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 13.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Behav. 2014 Jul;38(4):586–597. doi: 10.5993/AJHB.38.4.12

Table 5.

Regression Models and Mediating Effects

I. CES-D → HBS Negative (a in Figure; R2 for model = .31; Adjusted R2 = .29)

Coefficient SE t p
Intercept −.57 2.12 −.27 .78
Gender (Female) −.41 .46 −.88 .38
Race (Black) −.004 .55 −.007 .99
Age .05 .02 3.16 .002
Education .01 .10 .12 .91
CES-D .27 .04 .728 < .001

II. CES-D → HBS Positive (a in Figure; R2 for model = .10; Adjusted R2 = .06)

Intercept 19.47 1.46 13.30 < .001
Gender (Female) .24 .32 .76 .45
Race (Black) .05 .38 .12 .90
Age −.02 .01 −1.57 .12
Education −.07 .07 −1.03 .31
CES-D −.08 .03 −3.29 .001

III. CES-D and covariates without HBS → SF General Health (c in Figure; R2 for model = .15; Adjusted R2 = .12)

Intercept 68.40 13.95 4.90 < .001
Gender (Female) −.44 3.03 −.15 .88
Race (Black) 2.33 3.64 .64 .52
Age −.003 .10 −.03 .98
Education .69 .66 1.04 .30
CES-D −1.12 .24 −4.61 <.001

IV. CES-D and covariates with HBS Negative & Positive → SF General Health (b and c in Figure; R2 for model = .39; Adjusted R2 = .41)

Intercept 39.11 18.71 2.09 .04
Gender (Female) −2.14 2.51 −.85 .40
Race (Black) 2.14 2.99 .71 .48
Age .18 .09 2.07 .04
Education .87 .54 1.60 .11
HBS Negative −3.35 .53 −6.34 < .001
HBS Positive 1.39 .77 1.82 .07
CES-D −.10 .24 −.44 .66

V. Indirect Effects: Effects of CES-D → via HBS Negative & Positive → on SF General Health (red arrow in Figure)

Coefficient (Bootstrapped 95% CI) SE z p

HBS Total −.93 (−1.38 to −.58) .18 −5.04 < .001
HBS Negative −.90 (−1.43 to −.51) .19 −4.75 < .001
HBS Positive −.12 (−.31 to −.01) .07 −1.54 .12