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Published in final edited form as: Psychol Trauma. 2023 May 18;16(4):568–575. doi: 10.1037/tra0001493

Table 3.

Linear regression predicting moral distress

Variable	β	t	P

Years in nursing	−.081	−1.090	.278
Lack PPE	.014	0.174	.862
Enthusiasm change	.117	1.582	.116
Organizational support	−.333	−3.470	<.001
Institutional betrayal	.220	2.506	.013
Workplace social support	−.068	−0.887	.377

Note: F(6, 130) = 10.684, p < .001; Adj R² = .299. PPE = personal protective equipment