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. 2013 Jul 18;3(7):e002791. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002791

Table 4.

Standardised correlation coefficients (β) for control sociodemographic variables, personality and occupational stress variables as predictors of State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-Trait scores

Predictor Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5
Control variables
 Length of employment (years) 0.08 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.06
 Rank 0.06 0.06 0.05 0.10 0.09
 Education 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
 Origin −0.07 −0.07 −0.09 −0.07 −0.09
 Marital status 0.02 0.03 0.05 0.04 0.06
 Barracked 0.13* 0.10 0.10 0.12* 0.12*
 Children −0.06 −0.07 −0.07 −0.05 −0.05
Personality variables
 BFQ energy/extraversion −0.13* −0.13* −0.13* −0.13*
 BFQ friendliness/agreeableness −0.13* −0.13* −0.13* −0.13*
 BFQ conscientiousness −0.04 −0.04 −0.05 −0.05
 BFQ emotional stability −0.33*** −0.33*** −0.32*** −0.32***
 BFQ openness −0.09 −0.09 −0.10 −0.10
Occupational stress variables
 DCS Demand 0.01 0.01
 DCS Control −0.03 −0.05
 DCS Support −0.19*** −0.18***
 ERI Effort 0.19*** 0.19***
 ERI Reward −0.15** −0.15**
 ERI overcommitment 0.05 0.05
 Adjusted R2 0.01 0.15*** 0.18*** 0.20*** 0.23***

n=289.

*p<0.05.

**p<0.01.

***p<0.001.

Barracked, no=0, yes=1; BFQ, Big Five Questionnaire38 39; children, no=0, yes=1; DCS, Demand–Control–Support Questionnaire16 40; education, high school or higher=0, lower than high school=1; ERI, Effort–Reward–Imbalance Questionnaire17 40; marital status, single or divorced=0, married or cohabiting=1; origin, Northern Italy=0, Southern Italy=1; rank, agent (‘agent’ or ‘first class agent’)=0, other=1.