Table 3.
Associations between Intensity of Predeath Grief (Behavioral Reactions) and Postdeath Grief, Including Interaction Effects of Preparedness for Caregiving, Caregiver Burden General Strain, and Social Support (n = 128)
| Explanatory variables | Block I: Baseline model |
Block II: Main effect model |
Block III: Interaction effect model |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | p | b | p | b | p | |
| Predeath grief—Behavioral reactions | −0.91 | <0.001 | −0.93 | <0.001 | −0.94 | <0.001 |
| Preparedness for caregiving | 1.57 | 0.414 | 1.27 | 0.849 | ||
| Predeath grief × preparedness | 0.02 | 0.963 | ||||
| Model statistics | F(1, 126) = 32.3, p < 0.001, R2 = 0.20 | F(2, 125) = 16.4, p < 0.001, R2 = 0.21 | F(3, 124) = 10.9, p < 0.001, R2 = 0.21 | |||
| Predeath grief—Behavioral reactions | −0.91 | <0.001 | −1.04 | <0.001 | −1.63 | <0.001 |
| Caregiver burden—General strain | 2.90 | 0.200 | −17.35 | 0.024 | ||
| Predeath grief × caregiver burden | 1.04 | 0.006 | ||||
| Model statistics | F(1, 126) = 32.3, p < 0.001, R2 = 0.20 | F(2, 125) = 17.1, p < 0.001, R2 = 0.21 | F(3, 124) = 14.6, p < 0.001, R2 = 0.26 | |||
| Predeath grief—Behavioral reactions | −0.91 | <0.001 | −0.88 | <0.001 | −0.70 | 0.003 |
| Social support | −1.76 | 0.356 | 5.08 | 0.439 | ||
| Behavioral reactions × social support | −0.35 | 0.277 | ||||
| Model statistics | F(1, 126) = 32.3, p < 0.001, R2 = 0.20 | F(2, 125) = 16.6, p < 0.001, R2 = 0.21 | F(3, 124) = 11.5, p < 0.001, R2 = 0.22 | |||