A psychiatric nurse practitioner completes a study examining psychological distress scores, hours spent exercising, and number of counseling sessions to see if these variables impact minutes spent in ritualistic behavior among patients diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder. She reports the following information.
$\begin{array}{|l|l|l|}
\hline & B & \text { Sig } \
\hline \text { Psychological distress } & 3.98 & .040 \
\hline \text { Exercise } & -14.29 & .020 \
\hline \text { Counseling sessions } & -1.45 & .031 \
\hline
\end{array}$
If a patient engages in two hours of exercise what would you predict would happen to the number of minutes he/she spends in ritualistic behaviors?
A) The patient would engage in about 29 fewer minutes of ritualistic behaviors.
B) The patient would engage in about 20% fewer minutes of ritualistic behaviors.
C) There would be no change in ritualistic behaviors.
D) The patient would engage in about 15 minutes less of ritualistic behaviors.

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The coefficient for exercise is -14.29, indicating that for each hour of exercise, ritualistic behavior decreases by 14.29 minutes. For two hours, this would be approximately 28.58 minutes, rounded to 29 fewer minutes.

A Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Completes a Study Examining Psychological Distress