Table 4.

Associations between Intensity of Predeath Grief (Emotional 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
	b	p	b	p	b	p
Predeath grief—Emotional reactions	−1.17	<0.001	−1.17	<0.001	−1.15	<0.001
Preparedness for caregiving			0.50	0.787	0.89	0.875
Predeath grief × preparedness					−0.03	0.942
Model statistics	F(1, 126) = 40.6, p < 0.001, R2 = 0.24		F(2, 125) = 20.2, p < 0.001, R2 = 0.24		F(3, 124) = 13.4, p < 0.001, R2 = 0.24
Predeath grief—Emotional reactions	−1.17	<0.001	−1.15	<0.001	−1.44	<0.001
Caregiver burden—General strain			−0.59	0.760	−12.91	0.042
Predeath grief × caregiver burden					0.81	0.042
Model statistics	F(1, 126) = 40.6, p < 0.001, R2 = 0.24		F(2, 125) = 20.2, p < 0.001, R2 = 0.24		F(3, 124) = 15.2, p < 0.001, R2 = 0.27
Predeath grief—emotional reactions	−1.17	<0.001	−1.17	<0.001	−0.72	0.007
Social support			−3.70	0.043	8.61	0.120
Predeath grief × social support					−0.84	0.020
Model statistics	F(1, 126) = 40.6, p < 0.001, R2 = 0.24		F(2, 125) = 22.9, p < 0.001, R2 = 0.27		F(3, 124) = 17.7, p < 0.001, R2 = 0.30