Table 3.

Significant results for moderating relationship of coping between executive function indices and QOL

Index and QOL	Moderator	ΔR2	F	Low slope	t test	High slope	t test
Verbal fluency
Mental health QOL	Denial	0.04	5.33a	−2.16	−1.17	7.77	1.98a
Core executive function
Mental health QOL	Denial	0.06	7.40b	−3.67	−1.43	8.22	2.33a
Physical health QOL	Active	0.06	5.91a	11.41	2.85b	−2.60	−0.75
Overall QOL	Religion	0.03	4.23a	0.08	0.27	−0.86	−2.48b
Higher-order executive function
Mental health QOL	Denial	0.05	6.20b	−6.03	−1.66	8.08	1.84t
	Adaptive index	0.06	7.50b	6.31	1.81t	−10.73	−2.27a
Physical health QOL	Active	0.04	3.83a	7.99	1.39	−8.61	−1.75t
Total executive function
Mental health QOL	Denial	0.07	10.12b	−5.25	−1.75t	11.16	2.68b
Physical health QOL	Active	0.07	7.16b	13.99	2.68b	−5.66	−1.37
	Total coping	0.04	4.44a	11.05	2.11a	−1.72	−0.50
Overall QOL	Denial	0.04	5.17a	0.37	1.10	−0.93	−2.02a

Note: All significant interactions between moderator and outcome variables are listed in table. For interest, interactions with a slope approaching significance (≤0.08_t) are displayed in italics, although only significant slopes are discussed in Results section of this article. Relationships for outcome variable—overall QOL—should be viewed in reverse because this variable underwent a reflect transformation. Therefore, relationships that appear negative are positive and relationships that appear positive are negative. Increased scores on all executive function indices indicate increased performance. Tasks included in each index are as follows: verbal fluency—word list generation animals and word list generation F; core executive function—Symbol Digit Modalities Test, Hayling Sentence Completion Test, Trail Making Test, Visual Elevator, Elevator Counting with Distraction, and Reading Span; higher-order executive function—Iowa Gambling Task, Action Programming, Moderated Six Elements Test, and Zoo Map; and total executive function—all tasks listed in the verbal fluency, core, and higher-order executive function indices.

Abbreviations: QOL, quality of life; Religion, turning to religion.

^aP < .05.

^bP < .01.