Table 2.

Hierarchical regression analyses predicting physiological stress responses by Support condition, Express condition and EAC.

Independent Variable	Cortisol AUCAB				sAA AUCAB
	β	b	SE	95%CI	β	b	SE	95%CI
Step 1
Baseline	−.30**	−1.34**	0.39	[−2.15, −0.61]	.19*	1.98	0.92	[0.16, 3.80]
Gender	−.23**	−0.60**	0.22	[−1.03, 0.17]	−.06	−1.94	3.09	[−8.06, 4.18]
Support condition	.01	0.06	0.43	[−0.79, 0.92]	−.05	−3.19	6.12	[−15.30, 8.93]
Express condition	.05	0.27	0.43	[−0.58, 1.12]	.09	6.11	6.05	[−5.87, 18.10]
EAC	−.02	−0.08	0.36	[−0.79, 0.63]	.09	5.19	5.13	[−4.96, 15.33]
R2Δ	.14**				.06
Step 2
Support X Express	−.08	−0.49	0.86	[−2.21, 1.22]	.20	16.13	11.97	[−7.58, 39.83]
Support X EAC	−.20†	−1.18	0.71	[−2.58, 0.22]	−.10	−8.26	9.89	[−27.85, 11.32]
Express X EAC	.12	0.72	0.71	[−0.68, 2.12]	.25*	20.87*	9.91	[1.25, 40.49]
R2Δ	.03				.06†
Step 3
Support X Express X EAC	−.32*	−2.912*	1.41	[−5.70, −0.13]	.12	14.20	19.87	[−25.14, 53.53]
R2Δ	.03*				.00

Note. N = 130–131. b = unstandardized beta; SE = unstandardized beta standard error; Gender coded −1= men, 1=women; Support condition coded 0= No support, 1 = Support; Express condition coded 0=No express, 1 = express. EAC = Emotional Approach Coping; AUC_AB = Area under the curve above baseline; sAA = Salivary Alpha Amylase.

^†p < .10

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

^***p < .001.