Table 3.

Daily Practical Support Predicting Midlife Adults’ Diurnal Cortisol.

	CAR		DEC		AUC
Variable	B	SE	B	SE	B	SE
Fixed effects
Intercept	0.58	0.85	−0.05	0.06	47.87***	8.46
Same-day support provision
Practical support to childrena	0.35**	0.13	−0.00	0.01	−1.52	0.91
Practical support to parenta	0.07	0.18	0.02	0.01	1.99	1.25
Prior-day support provision
Practical support to childrena	0.07	0.12	−0.01	0.01	0.11	0.86
Practical support to parenta	−0.09	0.17	−0.00	0.01	2.50*	1.18
Control variables
Genderb	−0.17	0.11	0.01	0.01	2.02	1.12
Age	0.03*	0.01	−0.00	0.00	0.15	0.12
Years of education	0.01	0.03	−0.00	0.00	−0.52	0.29
Employment statusc	−0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.07	0.04
Neuroticismd	0.06	0.08	−0.01	0.01	−1.62	0.82
Health statuse	−0.07	0.06	−0.00	0.00	−1.08	0.60
Wake time	−0.19***	0.05	−0.00	0.00	1.98***	0.37
Weekend dayf	0.08	0.14	0.00	0.01	−0.83	0.98
Sleep quality night beforeg	−0.00	0.06	−0.00	0.00	0.35	0.46
Smoked this dayh	0.08	0.17	0.03*	0.01	2.39	1.69
Medication dayi	−0.05	0.17	−0.01	0.01	−0.08	1.67
Random effects
Intercept VAR	28.20***	5.46	0.00***	0.00	27.01***	5.25
Residual VAR	33.81***	3.31	0.00***	0.00	33.61***	3.26
−2 log likelihood	2,426.6		−1,094.6		2,427.7

Note. Participants N = 151; N = 558 days; CAR = cortisol awakening response; DEC = daily decline; AUC = area under the curve; VAR = variance.

^aSupport was coded 0 = no support given, 1 = support given.

^bGender was coded 0 = female, 1 = male.

^cEmployment status was coded 0 = not working full-time, 1 = employed full-time.

^dNeuroticism was calculated averaging ratings of four items (e.g., moody, worrying, nervous, calm) from 1 = not at all to 5 = a great deal.

^eHealth status was rated from 1 = poor to 5 = excellent.

^fWeekend day was coded 0 = weekday, 1 = weekend day.

^gSleep quality night before was rated from 1 = poor to 5 = excellent.

^hSmoked this day was coded 0 = no, 1 = yes.

ⁱMedication day was coded 0 = no, 1 = yes.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.