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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Stress Health. 2017 Jul 13;34(1):175–186. doi: 10.1002/smi.2772

TABLE 3.

Hierarchical regression of posttraumatic growth on stressful life events and the interaction term of gratitude

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
B SE B Std β B SE B Std β B SE B Std β
Age −0.35 0.33 −0.12 −0.31 0.33 −0.10 −0.28 0.32 −0.10
Femalea 13.4 7.12 0.20 11.2 7.02 0.17 10.2 6.89 0.16
Whitea −13.1 5.54 −0.24* −14.4 5.46 −0.26** −15.7 5.38 −0.29**
Alcohol intake (drinks/day) 0.11 0.63 0.02 −0.05 0.68 −0.01 0.20 0.68 0.04
Heavy involvementa 5.72 6.24 0.10 6.90 6.14 0.12 6.79 6.01 0.12
Total life stress score (TLSS) 0.018 0.008 0.25* −0.04 0.03 −0.49
Gratitude 0.52 0.39 0.14 −0.68 0.67 −0.18
TLSS × Gratitude 0.002 0.001 0.82*
Model R2 0.10 0.17 0.21
F for change in R2 1.92 3.95* 4.81*
F statistic (p value) F(5, 91) = 1.92 (.099) F(7, 88) = 2.57 (.018) F(8, 87) = 2.95 (.006)
a

Sex (Female = 1, Male = 0); Race/Ethnicity (White = 1; Other =0); Involvement (Heavy/Moderate Involvement =1; Light/No Involvement = 0).

Bold text highlights statistical significance for models 2 and 3.

*

p ≤ .05;

**

p < .01;

***

p < .001.