Table 9. Hierarchical multiple regression examining the predictive effect of the adaptive functions of music listening scale in 20 younger and 20 older adults assigned to a self-chosen music listening intervention.

	Stress Regulation			Nervous Regulation			Upset Regulation			Sadness Regulation			Depressed affect Regulation
	F(4,35) = 22.73, p < .001, R2 = .72, Adj R2 = .69			F(4,35) = 13.81, p < .001, R2 = .61, Adj R2 = .57			F(4,35) = 11.94, p < .001, R2 = .58, Adj R2 = .53			F(4,35) = 10.70, p < .001, R2 = .55, Adj R2 = .50			F(4,35) = 2.16, p = .05, R2 = .20, Adj R2 = .11
Predictors	β	Fch	R2 ch	β	Fch	R2 ch	β	Fch	R2 ch	β	Fch	R2 ch	β	Fch	R2 ch
Step 1		3.23*	.10		2.80	.09		0.87	-.01		0.56	-.02		1.01	.00
(i) Anxiety Regulation	-.22			.02			.10			.04			.12
(ii) Rumination	-.41*			-.36*			-.15			-.15			-.16
Step 2		36.09***	.59		21.69***	.48		22.02***	.54		20.27***	.48		3.19*	.11
(i) Baseline NA	.31**			.50***			.10			.19			.28
(ii) NA Reactivity	.78***			.86***			.74***			.79***			.38*

Notes

* p < .05

** p < .01

*** p < .001.

N = 40; Fch = F change; R² ch = Adjusted R² change.