Table 5.

Hierarchical multiple regression analysis predicting readiness to reconcile (N = 774).

	Variables	B (SE B)	β	R2	ΔR2
Step 1	Male gender	5.21 (0.87)	0.23***	0.074	0.074***
	Age	0.03 (0.04)	0.03
	Education (years)	0.26 (0.12)	0.08*
Step 2	Male gender	5.09 (0.87)	0.22***	0.087	0.013**
	Age	0.05 (0.04)	0.05
	Education (years)	0.27 (0.12)	0.09*
	No. of losses (close family)	−0.32 (0.12)	−0.10**
	No. of traumatic event types	−0.13 (0.10)	−0.05
Step 3	Male gender	3.65 (0.86)	0.16***	0.144	0.057***
	Age	0.03 (0.04)	0.03
	Education (years)	0.24 (0.11)	0.08*
	No. of losses (close family)	−0.25 (0.11)	−0.08*
	No. of traumatic event types	0.01 (0.10)	0.00
	PTSD symptom severity1	−0.24 (0.03)	−0.25***
Step 4	Male gender	3.33 (0.85)	0.15***	0.173	0.029***
	Age	0.03 (0.04)	0.03
	Education (years)	0.23 (0.11)	0.08*
	No. of losses (close family)	−0.17 (0.11)	−0.05
	No. of traumatic event types	0.00 (0.10)	0.00
	PTSD symptom severity1	−0.12 (0.04)	−0.13**
	PG symptom severity2	−0.32 (0.06)	−0.22***

PTSD, Posttraumatic stress disorder; PG, prolonged grief; ¹PCL-C; ²CGA-SR; *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001 (two-tailed p-values).