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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: West J Nurs Res. 2014 Mar 20;37(2):180–196. doi: 10.1177/0193945914527177

Table 3.

Factors related to psychological work place violence (N=2033)

Whites
(n=1312)
Blacks
(n=487)
Asians
(n=234)
Unadjusted OR Adjusted OR Unadjusted OR Adjusted OR Unadjusted OR Adjusted OR
Age (years) 1.03*** 1.02* 1.03** 1.03 1.04* 1.01
Gender Male 0.99 0.81 0.54 0.59 1.09 0.65
Marital Status
Married 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Unmarried 0.72* 1.01 0.96 1.51 0.75 0.49
Separated/Divorced/Widowed 1.13 0.84 1.45 1.48 1.44 1.33
History of Trauma
Child physical abuse 1.56** 1.19 2.14 1.87* 1.48 1.53
Child sexual abuse 1.06*** 1.05** 1.12*** 1.11*** 1.04 1.06
Intimate partner abuse (5 years) 1.23 1.45 1.31 1.45 4.82* 5.53*
Length of Employment (years)
One year or less 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
2–5 years 2.02*** 1.56* 2.03* 1.54 2.90* 2.82
6–10 years 1.89** 1.57* 2.07* 1.99 2.90 3.79*
11 years or more 1.34 1.22 1.44 1.15 2.20 2.48
Nurse 1.65* 1.56* 1.53 1.63 0.56 0.62

Note:

*

p=<.05;

**

p<.01;

***

p<.001;

Significant values are presented in bold;

a

Models were adjusted for location of employment

b

OR=Odds Ratios;

For confidence interval values, please contact the corresponding author