The contributing variable

PTS

Death anxiety

B

S.E.

Beta

B

S.E.

Beta

Step I

Education

Exposure

Children

−0.07

0.90

−0.06

0.03

0.30

0.19

−0.24*

0.48**

−0.25

0.08

−0.51

−0.04

0.09

0.34

0.11

0.11*

−0.52**

−0.31

R2 = 0.50

R2 = 0.47

Step II

Education

Exposure

Children

Sense of Mastery

Self-esteem

−0.05

0.90

−0.03

−0.44

0.36

0.02

0.36

0.28

0.24

0.30

−0.20

0.50**

−0.32

−0.44**

0.54**

0.07

−0.49

−0.02

−0.23

−0.18

0.17

0.26

0.29

0.24

0.16

0.19

−0.48**

−0.30

−0.33**

−0.25**

R2 = 0.58

R2 = 0.55

Step III

Education

Exposure

Children

Sense of Mastery

Self-esteem

Social-support

−0.05

0.89

−0.02

−0.42

0.33

−0.20

0.02

0.36

0.28

0.24

0.30

0.17

−0.20

0.50**

−0.32

−0.44**

0.54**

−0.38*

0.06

−0.46

−0.02

−0.22

−0.15

−0.05

0.30

0.31

0.34

0.19

0.07

0.04

0.26

−0.28**

−0.26

−0.34**

−0.23*

−0.11*

R2 = 0.64

R2 = 0.61

Step IV

Education

Exposure

Children

Sense of Mastery

Self-esteem

Social support

Problem-focus

Emotion-focus

Avoidance

−0.04

0.87

−0.02

−0.38

0.30

−0.18

−0.51

−0.13

−0.08

0.01

0.27

0.03

0.19

0.10

0.22

0.34

0.39

0.27

−0.20

0.18**

−0.07

−0.46**

0.47**

−0.50*

−0.56**

−0.28

−0.03

0.05

−0.41

−0.30

−0.22

−0.23

0.35

−0.04

−0.27

−0.05

0.23

0.28

0.25

0.42

0.33

0.37

0.11

0.19

0.05

0.35

−0.37**

−0.40**

−0.32**

−0.30**

0.41

−0.15

− 0.25**

− 0.13

R2 = 0.74

R2 = 0.67