Research Article

Health-Related Social Control over Physical Activity: Interactions with Age and Sex

Table 3

Summary of two HMR analyses predicting physical activity frequency.

Step 1Step 2Step 3
𝐵 SEβ 𝐵 SEβ 𝐵 SEβ

Age−1.25.18−.39**−1.20.32−.38**−1.24.32−.39**
Sex−.30.20−.09−.29.27−.09−.30.27−.09
Support.26.20.08.34.20.10*.34.20.11
Strain−.07.18−.02−.05.19−.02−.00.19-.00
PSC.13.10.08.37.21.23.74.28.46**
NSC−.80.80−.07−.59.80−.05−.55.80−.05
PSC *Age−.46.19−.20*−1.03.35−.45**
PSC *Sex−.04.21−.02−.52.32−.26
Age *Sex−.07.39−.02−.01.39−.00
PSC *Age *Sex.82.42.27*

Change stats Δ 𝑅 2 = . 1 7 , Δ 𝑅 2 = . 0 2 , Δ 𝑅 2 = . 0 1 ,
F (6, 266) = 9.16** 𝐹 ( 3 , 2 6 3 ) = 1 . 9 9 + F (1, 262) = 3.87*

Age−1.2518−.39**−1.15.32−.36**−1.05.32−.33**
Sex−.30.20−.09−.25.27−.07−.15.27−.05
Support.26.20.08.30.20.09.33.20.10
Strain−.07.18−.02−.00.19−.00.10.19.04
PSC.13.10.08.15.10.09.15.10.09
NSC−.80.80−.07−.211.57−.024.041.99.34*
NSC *Age−2.011.45−.13−8.142.32−.52**
NSC *Sex.721.49.04−5.332.33−.33*
Age*Sex−.12.40−.04−.13.39−.04
NSC*Age*Sex9.912.97.41**

Change stats Δ 𝑅 2 = . 1 7 , Δ 𝑅 2 = . 0 1 , Δ 𝑅 2 = . 0 3 ,
F (6, 265) = 9.12** 𝐹 ( 3 , 2 6 2 ) = . 9 3 + F (1, 261) = 11.16**

Note: + 𝑃 < . 1 0 , * 𝑃 < . 0 5 , ** 𝑃 < . 0 1 . PSC refers to positive social control, NSC refers to negative social control, *age refers to the interaction with age, and *sex refers to the interaction with sex.