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Table 4 Multiple linear regression. Associations between psychosocial, socio-demographic variables and psychological distress (HSCL-25), by gender

From: Education, sense of mastery and mental health: results from a nation wide health monitoring study in Norway

  

Standardized beta coefficients

  

Adjusted for age

Sign.

Adjusted for all variables

Sign.

Men

Sense of mastery

-0.62

P < 0.001

-0.54

P < 0.001

 

Social support

-0.19

P < 0.001

-0.06

P = 0.001

 

Negative life events

0.32

P < 0.001

0.16

P < 0.001

 

Household income

-0.24

P < 0.001

-0.06

P = 0.001

 

Not paid work

0.25

P < 0.001

0.07

P < 0.001

 

Marital status

-0.08

P < 0.001

0.00

P = 0.936

Women

Sense of mastery

-0.61

P < 0.001

-0.51

P < 0.001

 

Social support

-0.22

P < 0.001

-0.08

P < 0.001

 

Negative life events

0.36

P < 0.001

0.19

P < 0.001

 

Household income

-0.17

P < 0.001

-0.03

P = 0.120

 

Not paid work

0.26

P < 0.001

0.10

P < 0.001

 

Marital status

-0.11

P < 0.001

-0.05

P = 0.003