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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 4.
Published in final edited form as: Mindfulness (N Y). 2018 Oct 29;10(5):854–862. doi: 10.1007/s12671-018-1045-6

Table 3.

Hierarchical Multiple Regression Analyses Testing the Moderating Effects of Compassion For the Self and Others on the Relationships between Country and Social Anxiety Symptoms

95%CI
Step Variable ΔR2 ΔF df p value B SE β t p value Lower Upper
Social anxiety
1 Taijin kyofusho 0.39 104.58 3/501 0.001 0.28 0.02 0.51 11.98 0.001 0.23 0.32
Positive affect −0.21 0.10 −0.08 −2.22 0.027 −0.40 −0.02
Negative affect 0.31 0.10 0.12 2.94 0.003 0.10 0.51
2 Country 0.00 0.03 1/500 0.863 0.31 1.79 0.01 0.17 0.863 −3.20 3.82
3 SC 0.04 18.39 2/498 0.001 −1.31 0.22 −0.26 −5.87 0.001 −1.75 −0.87
COM 0.23 0.14 0.06 1.63 0.104 −0.05 0.51
4 Country ×SC 0.00 1.79 2/496 0.168 −0.36 0.20 −0.07 −1.81 0.072 −0.74 0.03
Country ×COM 0.12 0.14 0.03 0.86 0.388 −0.15 0.39

Taijin kyofusho
1 Social anxiety 0.48 156.31 3/501 0.001 0.80 0.07 0.43 11.98 0.001 0.67 0.93
Positive affect −0.54 0.16 −0.11 −3.35 0.001 −0.85 −0.22
Negative affect 1.59 0.16 0.34 9.65 0.001 1.26 1.91
2 Country 0.00 0.00 1/500 0.988 −0.05 3.02 0.00 −0.02 0.988 −5.99 5.89
3 SC 0.02 7.73 2/498 0.001 −0.35 0.40 −0.04 −0.89 0.375 −1.14 0.43
COM −0.93 0.24 −0.14 −3.79 0.001 −1.41 −0.45
4 Country ×SC 0.00 1.02 2/496 0.360 0.41 0.34 0.04 1.21 0.225 −0.26 1.09
Country ×COM −0.23 0.24 −0.03 −0.95 0.341 −0.70 0.24

Life satisfaction
1 Interdependent happiness 0.66 326.41 3/501 0.001 0.67 0.03 0.73 21.45 0.001 0.61 0.73
Positive affect 0.08 0.03 0.09 2.99 0.003 0.03 0.14
Negative affect −0.06 0.03 −0.07 −2.31 0.021 −0.11 −0.01
2 Country 0.01 10.34 1/500 0.001 1.50 0.47 0.09 3.22 0.001 0.58 2.41
3 SC 0.00 3.68 2/498 0.026 0.16 0.06 0.09 2.65 0.008 0.04 0.28
COM −0.02 0.04 −0.02 −0.62 0.539 −0.10 0.05
4 Country ×SC 0.00 1.19 2/496 0.305 −0.06 0.05 −0.03 −1.18 0.240 −0.17 0.04
Country ×COM 0.04 0.04 0.03 1.15 0.249 −0.03 0.12

Interdependent happiness
1 Life satisfaction 0.69 380.11 3/501 0.001 0.72 0.03 0.66 21.45 0.001 0.65 0.78
Positive affect 0.15 0.03 0.15 5.50 0.001 0.10 0.21
Negative affect −0.17 0.03 −0.18 −6.34 0.001 −0.22 −0.12
2 Country 0.00 1.19 1/500 0.276 −0.53 0.49 −0.03 −1.09 0.276 −1.50 0.43
3 SC 0.01 8.06 2/498 0.001 0.16 0.06 0.08 2.46 0.014 0.03 0.28
COM 0.12 0.04 0.09 3.11 0.002 0.04 0.20
4 Country ×SC 0.01 11.25 2/496 0.001 −0.06 0.05 −0.03 −1.07 0.284 −0.16 0.05
Country ×COM −0.17 0.04 −0.11 −4.39 0.001 −0.24 −0.09

Note. N = 258 in the United States and 248 in Japan. SE, standard error; CI, confidence interval; SCS, Self-Compassion Scale; COM, the compassion subscale of Differential Positive Emotions Scale; Life satisfaction, Satisfaction With Life Scale; Interdependent Happiness, Interdependent Happiness Scale; Social Anxiety, Social Anxiety Questionnaire; Taijin Kyofusho, Taijin Kyofusho Scale. Culture was dummy coded as 0 = Japan and 1 = the United States.