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

BMC Psychiatry

Table 5 Multiple regression. Associations between level of education and psychological distress (HSCL-25) when adjusting for age, sense of mastery and other variables, by gender

		Standardized beta coefficients
		Mod 1	Mod 2	Mod 3	Mod 4	Mod 5	Mod 6	Mod 7
M	Education	-0.12***	-0.05***	-0.05***	-0.04***	-0.04***	-0.02	-0.01
	Mastery		-0.62***	-0.62***	-0.60***	-0.56***	-0.55***	-0.54***
	Mar. status			-0.04***	-0.04***	-0.03	0.00	0.00
	Soc.supp.				-0.07***	-0.07***	-0.06***	-0.06**
	Neg.l.events					0.17***	0.16***	0.15***
	H.h.income						-0.08***	-0.06**
	Not p. work							0.07***
	R square	0.01	0.39	0.39	0.39	0.42	0.42	0.42
W	Education	-0.16***	-0.09***	-0.09***	-0.07***	-0.07***	-0.06***	-0.05**
	Mastery		-0.60***	-0.60***	-0.58***	-0.53***	-0.52***	-0.51***
	Mar. status			-0.09***	-0.08***	-0.06***	-0.05**	-0.05**
	Soc.supp.				-0.09***	-0.08***	-0.08***	-0.08***
	Neg.l.events					0.20***	0.20***	0.19***
	H.h.income						-0.04	-0.02
	Not p. work							0.10***
	R square	0.03	0.37	0.37	0.38	0.42	0.42	0.43

P < 0.05 *
P < 0.01 **
P < 0.001 ***
Model 1: Adjusted for age
Model 2: Adjusted for age and sense of mastery
Model 3: Adjusted for age, sense of mastery and marital status
Model 4: Adjusted for age, sense of mastery, marital status and social support
Model 5: Adjusted for age, sense of mastery, marital status, social support and negative life events
Model 6: Adjusted for age, sense of mastery, marital status, social support, negative life events and household income
Model 7: Adjusted for age, sense of mastery, marital status, social support, negative life events, household income and paid work

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