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Table 3 Hierarchical multiple regressions explaining depression, anxiety, and cancer-related distress (N = 105)

From: Predicting general and cancer-related distress in women with newly diagnosed breast cancer

Predictors

Depression (HADS)

Anxiety (HADS)

Cancer-related distress

β

F change

Adj. R 2 change

β

F change

Adj. R 2 change

β

F change

Adj. R change

(1) Medical variables

 

1.45

.02

 

0.66

.00

 

1.39

.01

Type of Surgery

.18*

  

.08

  

.16

  

Diagnosis

-.09

  

.02

  

-.03

  

Stage of disease

.05

  

-.01

  

-.02

  

(2) Illness Perceptions

 

11.07***

.40

 

7.76***

.32

 

9.40***

.32

Identity

.25***

  

.07

  

.09

  

Chronic Timeline

.15

  

.19

  

.13

  

Consequences

.12

  

-.01

  

.15

  

Personal control

.12

  

-.11

  

.04

  

Illness coherence

-.11

  

-.06

  

-.20*

  

Emotional Causes

.22*

  

.17

  

-.01

  

(3) Coping

 

6.86**

.08

 

8.20***

.10

 

5.94***

.07

Fighting Spirit

-.31***

  

-.05

  

-.17

  

Anxious Preoccupation

.23*

  

.44***

  

.37***

  

Total Adj R2

  

.50

  

.42

  

.40

  1. Note. HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .005. The variance explained by each group of variables, and the overall variance explained, can be found in the Adj. R2 change column for each outcome. For example, illness perceptions accounted for 40% of the variance in depression