Table 5.

Hierarchical linear regression for exploring the correlates of symptoms of depression

	HADS-Depression symptoms
Variables	Step 1(β)	Step 2(β)	Step 3(β)
Block 1
Age	0.145	0.171**	0.124*
“Middle school” vs “Primary school”	−0.148	0.007	−0.014
“High school” vs “Primary school”	−0.206*	0.022	0.018
“Junior college or above” vs “Primary school”	−0.221*	−0.061	−0.065
Cancer stage “II” vs “I”	0.160	0.129*	0.112*
Cancer stage “III + IV” vs “I”	0.222*	0.193**	0.163**
Block 2
PSS		0.710**	0.498**
Block 3
HHI			−0.347**
RS			−0.032
F	2.223**	15.399**	18.486**
Adjusted R2	0.085	0.539	0.615
△R2	0.155**	0.422**	0.074**

*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01

HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, HHI Herth Hope Index, PSS Perceived Stress, RS Resilience