TABLE 5.

Results of hierarchical regressions analyses (HRA) of socio-demographic variables and of self-efficacy in managing positive emotions on indicators of wellbeing.

	Life satisfaction			Positive affect			Negative affect
	β	(SE)	R2 change	β	(SE)	R2 change	β	(SE)	R2 change
Step 1			0.012			0.009
Gender	0.022	0.050		0.037	0.031				0.006
Age	0.006**	0.002		0.00	0.001		0.030	0.034
Education	0.043	0.026		0.047**	0.016		−0.002	0.001
							−0.032	0.017
Step 2			0.21***			0.26***
SE/POS	0.22***	0.036		0.21***	0.021				0.10***
SE/MEM	0.20**	0.032		0.081***	0.019		−0.19***	0.026
SE/HUM	0.22***	0.033		0.15***	0.020		−0.075**	0.023
Step 3			0.017***			0.06
Gender × Age	−0.004	0.003		0.001	0.002				0.006
SE/POS × Gender	0.16	0.071		−0.015	0.043		0.001	0.002
SE/MEM × Gender	0.072	0.063		0.023	0.038		−0.064	0.051
SE/HUM × Gender	−0.18**	0.065		0.071	0.040		0.047	0.047
SE/POS × Age	0.002	0.002		0.002	0.001		0.043	0.002
SE/MEM × Age	−0.001	0.002		0.000	0.001		−0.023
SE/HUM × Age	−0.007**	0.002		0.001	0.001		0.014
Adjusted R2		0.24				0.27			0.11

**p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001. Sex was coded as 0 = men and 1 = women.