Table 4.

Summary of Hierarchical Regression Analysis of Abuse Items and Emotional Support as Predictors of Symptoms of Somatization (n = 900)

	β	t	R2	Adjusted R2	ΔR2	ΔF	df
Step 1 (covariates)			.018	.016	.018	8.11***	2, 885
Highest year of school	−.048	−1.42
Length of time in sex work	.117	3.47***
Step 2 (main effect)			.036	.033	.018	16.31***	1, 884
Emotional Support	−.224	−6.92***
Step 3 (main effects)			.099	.093	.063	20.53***	3, 881
Emotional abuse	.014	.363
Physical abuse	.103	2.71**
Sexual abuse	.190	5.36***
Step 4 (interactions)			.105	.096	.007	2.19	3, 878
Emotional support × Emotional abuse	.190	2.03*
Emotional support × Physical abuse	.030	.344
Emotional support × Sexual abuse	−.072	−1.40

^*p <.05;

^**p <.01;

^***p <.001