Long-term psychological distress of Bosnian war survivors: an 11-year follow-up of former displaced persons, returnees, and stayers

Table 4 Hierarchical multiple regression analyses to predict general psychological distress (GSI)

Predictor	Baseline			Follow-up
Predictor	β	∆R²/∆F	R²/F	β	∆R²/∆F	R²/F
Step 1
Control variables^a			.08/2.86*			.22/6.48***
Step 2
Prewar traumatic events Married/long-term relationship	.25*	.10/11.18**	.18/5.18***	.02	.02/2.32	.24/5.73***
Step 3
Traumatic events during the war	.23*			.21*
Group status^b
Stayer	.24			.02
Returnee	.01	.08/3.30*	.26/4.60***	.23*	.08/3.62*	.33/5.26***
Step 4
Postwar traumatic events	–			.20*
Current stressors	.19	.02/2.09	.28/4.33***	.33**	.12/9.10***	.45/6.84***

Note: N = 98. (−) not calculated. BSI = Brief Symptom Inventory. GSI = BSI Global Severity Index. ^a Control variables included age, gender, education, and, for follow-up model, baseline GSI (results omitted from the table). ^b Group status was represented as two dummy variables; displaced persons served as the reference group. * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001

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