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Table 2 Cumulative Lifetime Violence Severity as Predictor of Generalized Anxiety Disorder Severitya (N = 592)

From: Cumulative lifetime violence severity, social determinants and anxiety in a national sample of Canadian men

 

Unadjusted Odds Ratios for CLVS b-44 Total Score and CLVS-44 Subscale Total Scores as Predictors of GAD Severity

Adjusted Odds Ratios for CLVS-44 Subscale Scores in a Predictive Model of GAD Severity

Final Predictive Model of GAD Severity by CLVS-44 Subscale Scores

B (SE)

OR (95% CI)

p

Nagelkerke R2

B (SE)

aOR (95% CI)

p

B (SE)

aOR (95% CI)

p

CLVS-44 Total

2.35 (0.28)

10.36 (6.03, 17.79)

.000*

.218

      

C1-Lifetime Perpetrator Physical & Psychological Violence—Not IPV or Workplace

1.12 (0.18)

3.12 (2.18, 4.44)

.000*

.10

- 0.21 (0.34)

.81 (0.42, 1.58)

.539

   

C2-Childhood Target Physical & Psychological Peer/Team Violence

0.63 (0.12)

1.87 (1.49, 2.35)

.000*

.07

0.31 (0.14)

1.36 (1.03, 1.80)

0.28*

0.31 (0.14)

1.36 (1.04, 1.78)

.025*

C3-Lifetime Perpetrator Sexual Violence

1.49 (0.24)

4.43 (2.77, 7.10)

.000*

.12

0.88 (0.45)

2.42 (1.01, 5.79)

.047*

0.99 (0.27)

2.70 (1.59, 4.57)

.000*

C4-Adult Target Psychological Violence—Workplace, Stalking, or Messaging

0.97 (.14)

2.63 (2.01, 3.43)

.000*

.12

0.47 (0.18)

1.59 (1.11, 2.28)

.011*

0.45 (0.16)

1.57 (1.14, 2.17)

.006*

C5-Childhood Target Sexual Violence

0.97 (0.14)

2.64 (2.00, 3.50)

.000*

.11

0.15 (0.20)

1.16 (0.79, 1.71)

.430

   

C6-Adult Target and Perpetrator Violence related to Nature of Work or Civil/Political Unrest

0.83 (0.16)

2.29 (1.68, 3.12)

.000*

.05

-.26 (0.25)

.77 (.478, 1.25)

.294

   

C7-Lifetime Target Physical & Psychological Dating/Partner Violence

0.63 (0.12)

1.88 (1.50, 2.35)

.000*

.07

0.54 (0.15)

1.71(1.27, 2.31)

.000*

0.58 (0.15)

1.79 (1.34, 2.38)

.000*

C-8-Lifetime Target Physical Violence from Family or Others with Power Over Them

0.88 (.13)

2.41 (1.88, 3.10)

.000*

.12#

      

C9-Lifetime Perpetrator Messaging & Stalking

1.40 (0.21)

4.04 (2.70, 6.05)

.000*

.13

0.49 (0.32)

1.63 (0.87, 3.08)

.124

   

C10-Adult Perpetrator Workplace Psychological & Gender-based (or other Characteristic) Violence

0.85 (0.16)

2.34 (1.73, 3.18)

.000*

.07

0.20 (0.23)

1.02 (0.65, 1.61)

.931

   

C11-Lifetime Perpetrator Physical Dating/Partner Violence

0.92 (0.17)

2.50 (1.79, 3.49)

.000*

.07

-0.05 (0.27)

0.95 (0.56, 1.62)

.849

   

Constant

 

-4.49 (0.46)

0.01

.000*

-4.47 (0.46)

0.11

.000*

Model chi-squared

109.07, df = 10, p = .000*

104.67, df = 4. p = .000*

Nagelkerke R2

.237

.228

  1. aGeneralized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7) scores dichotomized: no significant GAD (GAD-7 < 10; reference category) and probable GAD (GAD-7 > 9)
  2. bCumulative Lifetime Violence Severity-44 Scale
  3. *Significant at .05
  4. #Violates assumption of linearity; not included in multivariate model
  5. B Beta, SE Standard Error, OR Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval, p probability value, Nagelkerke R2 an approximation of the coefficient of determination, df degrees of freedom
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