Table 3 Descriptive Profile and Unadjusted Odds Ratio for Hypothesized Predictors of Generalized Anxiety Disorder Severity^a (N = 592)

Cumulative Lifetime Violence

Cumulative Lifetime Violence Severity Total Score

μ (range): 1.53 (1.01 to 3.69)

10.36 (p = .000) *

Gender

Masculine Discrepancy Stress

μ (range): 15.45 (5 to 35)

1.08 (p = .000) *

Social Location

 Age

Age in years:

μ (range): 47.41 (19 to 88)

0.97 (p = .000) *

 Immigration Status

n (%)

- Newcomer (RC) ^b

- Born in Canada

121 (20.4)

471 (79.6)

1.54 (p = .065) *

 Indigenous Canadian

n (%)

- Indigenous (RC)

- Not Indigenous

40 (6.8)

552 (93.2)

0.92 (p = .822)

 Sexual Orientation

n (%)

- Heterosexual only (RC)

- Gay, Bisexual, another sexual identity

510 (86.1)

82 (13.9)

1.62 (p = .050) *

Socio-economic Disparity

 Current Employment

n (%)

- Employed (RC)

- Not employed

342 (57.8)

250 (42.2)

1.37 (p = .081) *

 Financial Strain

n (%)

- None to a little (RC)

- Difficult to impossible to live on income

462 (78.0)

130 (22.0)

5.10 (p = .000) *

 Food Insecurity

n (%)

- Food Secure (RC)

- Food Insecure

360 (60.8)

232 (39.3)

6.83 (p = .000) *

 Adverse Housing

n (%)

- Stable Housing (RC)

- Adverse Housing

458 (77.4)

134 (22.6)

5.33 (p = .000) *

 Personal Income in past 12

Months (CAD) ^c

n (%)

- $50,000 or more (RC)

- Less than $50,000

274 (46.3)

318 (53.7)

1.67 (p = .005) *

Personal Resources

 Social Support

Medical Outcomes Social Support Scale—Short Total Score

μ (range): 14.38 (5 to 25)

0.91 (p = .000) *

 Mastery

Mastery Scale Total

μ (range): 18.51 (7 to 28)

0.81 (p = .000)

Allostatic Overload

 Overwhelmed by Demands in Typical Week

Frequency overwhelmed by demands in a typical week

n (%)

8.39 (p = .000) *

- Never or a few times (RC)

413 (69.8)

- Often or most of the time

179 (30.2)

 Chronic Physical Conditions

Number of chronic physical conditions problematic in the past 6 months

μ (range): 1.56 (0 to 9)

1.19 (p = .000) *