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Table 3 Hierarchical Multiple Regression of the Role of Age, Stress, Self-Efficacy and Sense of Coherence on Six Subscales and Total Score of the Profile of Mood States Questionnaire in 114 Men Attending for a Biopsy

Predictors	Tension – Anxiety			Depression – Dejection			Anger - Hostility			Fatigue - Inertion
	β	Fchange	Adj R² ch	β	Fchange	Adj R² ch	β	Fchange	Adj R² ch	β	Fchange	Adj R² ch
(1) Demographic Variables (Age)	0.01	0.00	−0.01	0.05	0.01	−0.01	−0.01	0.18	−0.01	0.10	0.77	−0.00
(2) Stress (PSS)	0.42^***	42.37^***	0.26	0.40^***	62.50^***	0.26	0.36^***	40.23^***	0.24	0.28^**	33.29^***	0.22
(3) Self-Efficacy (GSES)	−0.08	2.02	0.01	0.01	3.20	0.01	0.06	0.75	0.00	−0.11	5.75^*	0.03
(4) Sense of Coherence (SOC)	−0.12	1.21	0.00	−0.38^***	16.22^***	0.08	−0.34^***	10.83^***	0.06	−0.26^*	6.24^*	0.03
Total Adj R²			0.26			0.34			0.29			0.28
Predictors	Confusion - Bewilderment			Vigour – Activity			Total Mood Disturbance
(1) Demographic Variables (Age)	0.04	0.01	−0.01	−0.18^*	4.68^*	0.03	0.08	0.43	−0.01
(2) Stress (PSS)	0.19	17.74^***	0.11	−0.31^**	20.81^***	0.15	0.45^***	79.97^***	0.40
(3) Self-Efficacy (GSES)	−0.01	2.35	0.01	0.30^**	6.22*	0.04	−0.10	7.19^**	0.03
(4) Sense of Coherence (SOC)	−0.33^**	8.54^**	0.06	−0.13	1.47	0.00	−0.27^**	8.91^**	0.04
Total Adj R²			0.17			0.22			0.46

Note; * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001. N = 115. GSES; General Self-Efficacy Score. PSS; Perceived Stress Scale. SOC; Sense of Coherence Scale. Standardised beta values are reported from the final model (Model 4). F change illustrates significance of each step over and above previous step