The contributing variable

PTS

Death anxiety

B

S.E.

Beta

B

S.E.

Beta

Step I

Education

Exposure

Children

−0.08

0.92

−0.48

0.04

0.23

0.14

−0.27**

0.50**

−0.32**

0.06

−0.58

−0.42

0.03

0.19

0.11

0.31**

−0.40**

−0.36**

R2 = 0.46

R2 = 0.43

Step II

Education

Exposure

Children

Sense of Mastery

Self-esteem

−0.06

0.87

−0.48

−0.40

0.36

0.02

0.17

0.16

0.09

0.05

−0.08

0.34**

−0.28**

−0.38**

0.17**

0.06

−0.40

−0.41

−0.18

−0.21

0.03

0.15

0.26

0.33

0.28

0.26

−0.20**

−0.37**

−0.42**

−0.34**

R2 = 0.62

R2 = 0.58

Step III

Education

Exposure

Children

Sense of Mastery

Self-esteem

Social-support

−0.06

0.81

−0.45

−0.41

0.38

−0.19

0.02

0.28

0.24

0.10

0.11

0.07

−0.08

0.40**

−0.37**

−0.38**

0.22**

−0.24**

0.05

−0.37

−0.39

−0.20

−0.29

0.39

0.11

0.25

0.30

0.38

0.19

0.22

0.26

−0.28**

−0.40**

−0.41**

−0.27**

0.34**

R2 = 0.69

R2 = 0.63

Step IV

Education

Exposure

Children

Sense of Mastery

Self-esteem

Social support

Problem-focus

Emotion-focus

Avoidance

−0.05

0.80

−0.44

−0.42

0.38

−0.19

−0.02

−0.37

−0.06

0.06

0.35

0.28

0.17

0.16

0.07

0.12

0.22

0.10

−0.08

0.41**

−0.43**

−0.31**

0.27**

−0.26**

−0.09

−0.25**

−0.05

0.04

−0.31

−0.30

−0.26

−0.25

0.35

−0.04

−0.26

−0.04

0.18

0.29

0.27

0.40

0.20

0.36

0.09

0.12

0.08

0.26

−0.31**

−0.38**

−0.42**

−0.28**

0.40

−0.05

−0.17**

−0.05

R2 = 0.72

R2 = 0.68