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Table 4 Factors associated with domains of QOL in multivariate context*

From: Profile of subjective quality of life and its correlates in a nation-wide sample of high school students in an Arab setting using the WHOQOL-Bref

Dependent variable

Independent variables or Predictors

% Variance or Rsquare**

Standardized beta

P: level of significance***

General facet health/QOL

Age

1.4

-0.06

0.001

 

Parental marital status

1.2

0.04

0.02

 

Gender

0.5

0.008

0.58

 

Father's occupation

0.4

0.03

0.05

 

Parental emotional relationship

15.8

0.25

0.001

 

Difficulty with studies

7.3

-0.11

0.001

 

Difficulty in social relationships

0.8

0.006

0.72

 

Self-esteem score

7.9

0.20

0.001

 

Anxiety score

3.5

-0.12

0.001

 

Depression score

1.5

-0.19

0.001

Physical health

Age

3.0

-0.12

0.001

 

Gender

0.8

0.04

0.02

 

Father's occupation

0.5

0.03

0.11

 

Parental marital status

0.4

0.02

0.19

 

Difficulty with studies

12.3

-0.15

0.001

 

Parental emotional relationship

3.7

0.11

0.001

 

Difficulty in social relationships

0.8

-0.02

0.39

 

Self-esteem score

8.8

0.26

0.001

 

Anxiety score

2.5

-0.15

0.001

 

Depression score

0.2

-0.07

0.007

Psychological health

Gender

2.8

0.09

0.001

 

Age

1.0

-0.05

0.001

 

Difficulty with studies

14.7

-0.09

0.001

 

Parental emotional relationship

8.6

0.17

0.001

 

Self-esteem

18.6

0.36

0.001

 

Anxiety

2.7

-0.06

0.001

 

Depression

2.6

-0.26

0.001

Social relations

Age

0.6

-0.04

0.01

 

Parental emotional relationship

6.1

0.12

0.001

 

Difficulty in social relations

3.8

-0.05

0.007

 

Difficulty with studies

0.6

0.003

0.88

 

Self-esteem

9.0

0.25

0.001

 

Anxiety

0.5

0.03

0.19

 

Depression

2.1

-0.23

0.001

Environment

Age

1.6

-0.07

0.001

 

Parental emotional relationship

17.7

0.28

0.001

 

Difficulty with studies

7.4

-0.10

0.001

 

Self - esteem

8.7

0.23

0.001

 

Anxiety

1.9

-0.05

0.01

 

Depression

1.9

-0.22

0.001

  1. * Final stepwise regression model
  2. ** Total % of variance explained: general facet = 40.3; physical health = 33.2; psychological health = 54.4%; social relations = 24.0%; environment = 43.6%
  3. *** Values of "tolerance" (cut-off score </= 0.2) and variance inflation factor (VIF - cut-off score >4.0) indicate no significant multi-collinearity.