Examining bidirectional associations between perceived social support and psychological symptoms in the context of stressful event exposure: a prospective, longitudinal study

Table 3 Associations of psychological symptoms (anxiety, depressive and PTS symptoms) at baseline with perceived social support (general and workplace) at follow-up

Variable	Perceived general social support			Perceived workplace social support
Variable	MR	p	95% CI	MR	p	95% CI
Depressive Symptoms	0.96	.024	[0.93, 0.99]	0.98	.253	[0.96, 1.01]
Adjusted model	0.97	.088	[0.93, 1.005]	0.98	.192	[0.95, 1.01]
Anxiety Symptoms	0.98	.165	[0.94, 1.01]	0.99	.452	[0.96, 1.02]
Adjusted model	0.98	.410	[0.95, 1.02]	0.99	.324	[0.96, 1.01]
PTS symptoms^a	0.95	.017	[0.91, 0.99]	1.01	.492	[0.98, 1.05]
Adjusted model	0.95	.019	[0.91, 0.99]	1.01	.657	[0.97, 1.05]

Adjusted Model: adjusted for neuroticism and number of previous traumatic events at baseline
PTS posttraumatic stress, MR Mean ratio. All variables are z-standardized
^aWith respect to PTS symptoms the analysis sample was limited to N = 250 participants who had reported a lifetime traumatic event at baseline

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