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. 2023 Jul 27;13:12153. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-39310-3

Table 2.

Hierarchical regression analysis: Variables predicting violence, with desirability controlled.

Effect Standardized Estimates SE F t p R square
Model predicting violence 41.01  < 0.001** 0.40
 Desirability 0.002 0.01 0.052 0.96
 MBI −0.07 0.001 −2.06 0.04*
 PBA 0.37 0.001 9.15  < 0.001**
 PHQ-9 −0.10 0.01 −1.82 0.07
 GAD-7 −0.03 0.01 −0.50 0.62
 Narcissism −0.004 0.03 0.12 0.91
 Psychopathy 0.06 0.03 1.70 0.09
 Machiavellianism 0.01 0.03 0.23 0.82
 ASP 0.07 0.03 2.1 0.04*
 BCAP −0.03 0.09 −0.75 0.45
 BEST 0.44 0.003 9.0  < 0.001**

N = 680, excluding cases listwise. Desirability = Social Desirability; MBI = Maslach Burnout Inventory General Survey; PBA = Parental Burnout Assessment; PHQ-9 = Patient Health Questionnaire; GAD-7 = Generalized Anxiety Disorder; ASP = Assessment of Sadistic Personality; BCAP = Brief Child Abuse Potential; BEST = Borderline Evaluation of Severity over Time. Bootstrap of 1000 samples.