Family violence, war, and natural disasters: A study of the effect of extreme stress on children's mental health in Sri Lanka

Table 2 Prediction of PTSD symptoms: Standardized beta coefficients and zero-order correlation coefficients resulting from a linear regression model on the UPID symptom severity score

Predictor	β	Zero-order correlation	p-value
Age	-0.05	-0.02	0.37
Gender (female)	0.04	0.05	0.45
Economic status	0.02	-0.12	0.76
Tsunami severity	0.42	0.41	<0.001 ***
Exposure to Family Violence	0.21	0.21	<0.001 ***
Previous exposure to war	0.18	0.26	<0.01 **

Note: Full model's adjusted R² = .25; F(6.29)= 16.92, p < .0001
Zero-order correlation is represented by Spearman's Rho for continuous predictor variables and point-biserial correlation for dichotomous predictor variables.

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