Table 2.
Hierarchical Multiple Regressions Predicting Mental Health by Cumulative Adversity in Different Age Periods
| Mental distress |
Well-being |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Euro-D | A-CESD | CASP-12 | Life satisfaction |
| Step 1: Background characteristics | ||||
| ΔR2 | .14*** | .18*** | .23*** | .07*** |
| Age | .15*** | .17*** | −.17*** | −.03 |
| Gendera | .14*** | .09** | −.01 | −.05 |
| Origin: Mid-East/North Africab | .08* | .06 | −.06 | −.07 |
| Origin: Europe/Americab | −.07 | −.05 | −.01 | −.04 |
| Origin: former USSRb | .12*** | .21*** | −.21*** | −.09** |
| Origin: Arab Israelisb | −.08* | .16*** | −.29*** | .16*** |
| Educationc | −.25*** | −.23*** | .24*** | .19*** |
| Step 2: Cumulative adversity | ||||
| ΔR2 | .02*** | .01* | .01* | .01 |
| Events ages 0–19 | −.06* | −.05 | .07** | .07* |
| Events ages 20–49 | .02 | −.03 | .03 | −.01 |
| Events age 50+ | .13*** | .08** | −.04 | −.06 |
| R2 | .16*** | .18*** | .23*** | .08*** |
| F | 20.83 | 25.16 | 33.19 | 8.73 |
| df | 10,1110 | 10,1103 | 10,1096 | 10,1070 |
Note. Reported are results after a listwise deletion of missing data. Only additional variables are shown in the results of Step 2. Entries for the predicting variables are standardized regression coefficients (βs). Euro-D = European Depression scale; A-CESD = Adapted version of the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression scale.
a
Coded 0 = man, 1 = woman.
b
Dummy variables of origin contrasted with Israeli-borns.
c
Coded by seven categories ranked from no schooling to graduate academic degree.
*
p < .05.
**
p < .001.
***
p < .0001.