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Published in final edited form as: Aging Ment Health. 2009 Nov;13(6):808–817. doi: 10.1080/13607860903046503

Table 3.

Multiple regression coefficients of independent variables on post-death grief, relief, and depressive symptoms.

	Grief				Relief				Depressive symptoms
Variable	B	SE B	B	ΔR²	B	SE B	β	ΔR²	B	SE B	β	ΔR²
Block 1				0.15***				0.02				0.01
Gender (male)	8.84	2.01	0.40***		−0.03	0.30	−0.01		0.26	2.17	0.01
Age	−0.11	0.11	−0.09		−0.02	0.02	−0.13		−0.06	0.12	−0.05
Time since death (months)	0.08	0.26	0.03		0.00	0.04	−0.01		−0.17	0.28	−0.06
Block 2				0.02^~				0.05*				0.00
Gender (male)	8.70	1.99	0.40***		0.00	0.30	0.00		0.25	2.19	0.01
Age	−0.10	0.11	−0.09		−0.02	0.02	−0.14		−0.05	0.12	−0.05
Time since death (months)	0.08	0.26	0.03		0.00	0.04	−0.01		−0.17	0.28	−0.06
Onset of death (Unexpected)	2.97	1.69	0.15^~		−0.59	0.26	−0.21*		0.31	1.85	0.02
Block 3				0.11***				0.07*				0.26***
Gender (male)	7.96	1.90	0.36***		0.09	0.30	0.03		0.23	1.92	0.01
Age	−0.08	0.10	−0.07		−0.02	0.02	−0.12		−0.02	0.10	−0.02
Time since death (months)	0.21	0.25	0.07		−0.01	0.04	−0.03		−0.13	0.25	−0.05
Onset of death (Unexpected)	3.35	1.59	0.17*		−0.57	0.25	−0.21*		0.91	1.61	0.05
Subjective health	−3.25	1.03	−0.28**		0.09	0.16	0.06		−2.50	1.03	−0.22*
Depressive symptoms	0.13	0.09	0.12		0.04	0.02	0.28**		0.43	0.10	0.40***
Block 4				0.04^~				0.08**				0.01
Gender (male)	6.86	1.94	0.31***		0.29	0.29	0.09		−0.44	1.99	−0.02
Age	−0.10	0.10	−0.08		−0.01	0.02	−0.09		−0.03	0.10	−0.03
Time since death (months)	0.22	0.24	0.08		−0.01	0.04	−0.03		−0.13	0.25	−0.05
Onset of death (Unexpected)	3.42	1.59	0.18*		−0.42	0.24	−0.15^~		0.81	1.64	0.04
Subjective health	−3.49	1.02	−0.31***		0.12	0.16	0.07		−2.62	1.03	−0.23*
Depressive symptoms	0.18	0.11	0.17		0.01	0.02	0.09		0.48	0.11	0.45***
Caregiver Burden	−0.03	0.14	−0.02		0.07	0.02	0.36**		−0.08	0.14	−0.06
Caregiver Satisfaction	0.41	0.17	0.21*		−0.01	0.03	−0.05		0.20	0.18	0.10
Block 5				0.03*				0.10***				0.02
Gender (male)	7.09	1.91	0.32***		0.23	0.28	0.08		−0.26	1.99	−0.01
Age	−0.10	0.10	−0.09		−0.01	0.01	−0.07		−0.04	0.10	−0.03
Time since death (months)	0.23	0.24	0.08		−0.01	0.04	−0.03		−0.13	0.25	−0.04
Onset of death (Unexpected)	2.56	1.62	0.13		−0.19	0.24	−0.07		0.12	1.69	0.01
Subjective health	−3.21	1.01	−0.28**		0.04	0.15	0.03		−2.39	1.03	−0.21*
Depressive symptoms	0.20	0.11	0.19^~		0.01	0.02	0.04		0.50	0.11	O.47***
Caregiver burden	0.03	0.14	0.02		0.05	0.02	0.28*		−0.03	0.15	−0.03
Caregiver satisfaction	0.20	0.20	0.10		0.04	0.03	0.15		0.03	0.21	0.01
Marital closeness	0.80	0.39	0.22*		−0.21	0.06	−0.41***		0.64	0.40	0.17
Total R²				0.35***				0.31***				0.29***

Note: ***, **, *, ~p < 0.001, p < 0.01, p < 0.05, p < 0.10, respectively.