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Table 4 OLS Regression Analysis of Factors Associated with Psychological Distress Symptoms (ASCL scores)

From: Risk and protective factors associated with the mental health of young adults in Kabul, Afghanistan

 

Step 1***

Step 2***

Step 3***

Variables

B (SE)

β

B (SE)

β

B (SE)

β

Age

−.522 (.265)

−.139

−.550 (.244)

−.156*

−.537 (.237)

−.152*

Gender: femalea

−2.857 (2.34)

.138

−1.498 (2.17)

−.046

−1.586 (2.11)

−.049

Ethnicity: Tajikb

6.507 (2.27)

.196**

5.008 (2.11)

.150*

4.835 (2.05)

.145*

Education: university degreec

5.199 (2.27)

.147*

6.140 (2.10)

.186**

5.616 (2.05)

.170**

Employment: employedd

−.911 (2.46)

.024

−.649 (2.27)

−.020

−.585 (2.21)

−.018

Income: stablee

−7.872 (2.28)

−.236**

−4.805 (2.17)

−.143*

−4.292 (2.12)

−.128*

Physical Health Status

  

−.785 (.135)

−.375***

−.723 (.133)

−.346***

Hope-Optimism

    

−3.910 (1.15)

−.208**

R 2

.167

.295

.337

Adjusted R2

.140

.268

.308

ΔR2

 

.128***

.042**

F statistic for change in R2

 

33.765

11.665

  1. N = 197 as 35 cases omitted by listwise deletion; Reference groups: amales, bPashtuns and other ethnicities; cHS Diploma, dUnemployed, eUnstable income; p < .10; *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001