Table 2. Hierarchical regression analysis: Relatives’ burden predicting their experience in personal and organizational social systems and psychopathology (n = 215).
| Variables entered | R | R2corr | ΔR2 | B | SE B | β | t |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prediction of relatives’ experience in their personal social systems (EXIS.pers) | |||||||
| Step 1 | .191 | .012 | .036 | ||||
| Age | .006 | .006 | .084 | .965 | |||
| Gender | -.012 | .142 | -.006 | -.085 | |||
| Education | .162 | .094 | .120 | 1.723 | |||
| Civil status | .007 | .080 | .007 | .088 | |||
| Employment | .064 | .024 | .187 | 2.630** | |||
| Step 2 | .408 | .141 | .130*** | ||||
| Relatives‘ burden | -.558 | .100 | -.377 | -5.576*** | |||
| Prediction of relatives’ experience in their organizational social systems (EXIS.org) | |||||||
| Step 1 | .178 | .003 | .032 | ||||
| Age | .016 | .008 | .200 | 1.931 | |||
| Gender | .048 | .163 | .022 | .296 | |||
| Education | .136 | .119 | .086 | 1.136 | |||
| Civil status | .011 | .104 | .009 | .103 | |||
| Employment | .038 | .030 | .106 | 1.276 | |||
| Step 2 | .349 | .090 | .090*** | ||||
| Relatives‘ burden | -.496 | .119 | -.313 | -4.167*** | |||
| Prediction of relatives’ psychopathology (BSI-GSI) | |||||||
| Step 1 | .156 | .000 | .024 | ||||
| Age | -.003 | .003 | -.071 | -.780 | |||
| Gender | .002 | .074 | .001 | .022 | |||
| Education | -.075 | .049 | -.110 | -1.519 | |||
| Civil status | -.046 | .042 | -.096 | -1.104 | |||
| Employment | .000 | .013 | -.002 | -.027 | |||
| Step 2 | .313 | .098 | .070*** | ||||
| Relatives‘ burden | .210 | .052 | .283 | 4.018*** | |||
Note. BAS = Burden Assessment Scale, total score; EXIS.pers = Experience In Personal Social Systems, total score; EXIS.org = Experience In Organizational Social Systems, total score; BSI-GSI = Brief Symptom Inventory, total score. The reported B, SE B, β and t-test values in the table are the results of the final regression model including all predictors in the two steps.
*p ≤ .05;
**p ≤ .01;
***p ≤ .001