Table 3.

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

Independent Variable	Negative Emotional Responses				Negative Task-related Thoughts				Positive Task-related Thoughts
	β	b	SE	95%CI	β	b	SE	95%CI	β	b	SE	95%CI
Step 1
Baseline	.46***	0.67***	0.12	[0.44, 0.90]	NA				NA
Gender	.08	0.07	0.07	[−0.07, 0.21]	.03	0.03	0.09	[−0.15, 0.20]	−.12	−0.08	0.06	[−0.19, .03]
Support condition	.04	0.06	0.14	[−0.21, 0.34]	−.04	−0.07	0.18	[−0.42, 0.28]	−.17*	−0.23*	0.11	[−0.45, −0.001]
Express condition	−.03	−0.06	0.14	[−0.33, 0.13]	−.03	−0.07	0.18	[−0.42, 0.28]	−.04	−0.05	0.11	[−0.27,0.18]
EAC	−.07	−0.10	0.12	[−0.32, 0.13]	−.04	−0.07	0.15	[−0.37, 0.22]	.23**	0.25**	0.09	[0.06, 0.44]
R2Δ	.23***				.01				.08*
Step 2
Support X Express	−.09	−0.18	0.27	[−0.71, 0.34]	−.23	−0.53	0.34	[−1.21, 0.15]	−.10	−0.16	0.23	[−0.61, 0.30]
Support X EAC	−.30**	−0.60**	0.22	[−1.04, −0.17]	−.22†	−0.51†	0.28	[−1.07, 0.05]	−.02	−0.03	0.19	[−0.40, 0.34]
Express X EAC	.23*	0.48*	0.22	[0.05, 0.91]	.35**	0.82**	0.28	[0.26, 1.37]	−.15	−0.23	0.19	[−0.60, 0.14]
R2Δ	.08**				.10**				.02
Step 3
Support X Express X EAC	.21	0.62	0.43	[−0.23, 1.48]	.19	0.64	0.56	[−0.48, 1.75]	.18	0.39	0.37	[−0.35, 1.13]
R2Δ	.01				.01				.01

Note. N = 135. b = unstandardized beta; SE = unstandardized beta standard error; NA = not applicable; 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.

^†p < .10

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

^***p < .001.