Table 3.

Hierarchical Multiple Regression Models Predicting Post PASAT-C Affect from Neuroticism, ANS Variables, and their Interactions, Controlling for Pre-Task Affect (N=194)

	Outcome
Parameter	Post-Task Distress		Post-Task Fear		Post-Task Hostility		Post-Task Shame
	B		B		B		B
	Model 1	Model 2	Model 1	Model 2	Model 1	Model 2	Model 1	Model 2
Step 1
Baseline Affect	0.35***	0.34***	0.36***	0.36***	0.28***	0.25**	0.29***	0.28***
Step 2
Neuroticism (N)	−0.30	0.29	0.16*	0.53*	0.14*	0.65*	0.10	−0.39
Baseline PEP	−0.03	−0.03	−0.08	−0.08	−0.08	−0.09	0.05	0.06
Step 3
N × Baseline PEP		−0.33		−0.38		−0.53*		−0.51*
R2 Δ	0.002	0.008	0.031*	0.012	0.024	0.020*	0.012	0.020*
Model R2	0.12***	0.13***	0.17***	0.18***	0.127***	0.148***	0.097***	0.12***

Note:

^†p = .05

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

^***p < .001.

PEP = Cardiac Pre-ejection Period; lower PEP scores indicate higher levels of sympathetic nervous system activation. PASAT = Paced Auditory Serial Addition Task. Model 1 = Steps 1 and 2, with change in R² representing additional variance accounted for in Step 2; Model 2 = Steps 1, 2, and 3.