Positive resources for combating depressive symptoms among Chinese male correctional officers: perceived organizational support and psychological capital

Table 3 Results from the hierarchical multiple regression analyses

	Variables	Block 1 (β)	Block 2 (β)	Block 3 (β)
	Variables	Block 1 (β)	Block 2 (β)	Model 1	Model 2
FL-COs
(N = 953)	Age	−0.015	−0.022	−0.034	−0.037
	Marital status	0.045	0.009	0.014	0.013
	Education	−0.070*	−0.045	−0.025	−0.028
	Monthly income 1	0.033	0.070	0.096*	0.099**
	Monthly income 2	0.046	0.054	0.078	0.080*
	POS		−0.405**	−0.263**	−0.257**
	PsyCap			−0.294**
	Self efficacy				0.025
	Hope				−0.104*
	Resilience				−0.152**
	Optimism				−0.124**
	F	2.238*	32.993**	42.088**	31.043**
	Adjusted R²	0.006	0.168	0.232	0.240
	ΔR²	0.012*	0.161**	0.065**	0.075**
NFL-COs
(N = 475)	Age	0.016	0.010	0.000	−0.002
	Marital status	−0.123*	−0.125*	−0.121*	−0.119*
	Education	−0.055	−0.051	−0.059	−0.056
	Monthly income 1	0.006	−0.011	−0.002	−0.001
	Monthly income 2	−0.005	−0.027	−0.025	−0.016
	POS		−0.327**	−0.201**	−0.204**
	PsyCap			−0.299**
	Self efficacy				−0.093
	Hope				−0.040
	Resilience				−0.045
	Optimism				−0.195**
	F	1.726	11.102**	16.465**	12.152**
	Adjusted R²	0.008	0.113	0.186	0.190
	ΔR²	0.018	0.107**	0.073**	0.083**

FL-COs: frontline correctional officers; NFL-COs: non-frontline correctional officers; POS: perceived organizational support; PsyCap: psychological capital.
Marital status: married/cohabitation vs. single/widowed/divorced; Education: college or higher vs. junior college or lower; Monthly income 1: 3001–4000 yuan vs. ≤ 3000 yuan; Monthly income 2: > 4000 yuan vs. ≤ 3000 yuan.
There were two models (Model 1 and Model 2) in Block 3. PsyCap was added in Model 1, and self efficacy, hope, resilience and optimism were added in Model 2.
* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01.

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