Table 4.
OLS Regression Analysis of Factors Associated with Psychological Distress Symptoms (ASCL scores)
| Step 1*** | Step 2*** | Step 3*** | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | B (SE) | β | B (SE) | β | B (SE) | β |
| Age | −.522 (.265) | −.139† | −.550 (.244) | −.156* | −.537 (.237) | −.152* |
| Gender: femalea | −2.857 (2.34) | .138† | −1.498 (2.17) | −.046 | −1.586 (2.11) | −.049 |
| Ethnicity: Tajikb | 6.507 (2.27) | .196** | 5.008 (2.11) | .150* | 4.835 (2.05) | .145* |
| Education: university degreec | 5.199 (2.27) | .147* | 6.140 (2.10) | .186** | 5.616 (2.05) | .170** |
| Employment: employedd | −.911 (2.46) | .024 | −.649 (2.27) | −.020 | −.585 (2.21) | −.018 |
| Income: stablee | −7.872 (2.28) | −.236** | −4.805 (2.17) | −.143* | −4.292 (2.12) | −.128* |
| Physical Health Status | −.785 (.135) | −.375*** | −.723 (.133) | −.346*** | ||
| Hope-Optimism | −3.910 (1.15) | −.208** | ||||
| R 2 | .167 | .295 | .337 | |||
| Adjusted R2 | .140 | .268 | .308 | |||
| ΔR2 | .128*** | .042** | ||||
| F statistic for change in R2 | 33.765 | 11.665 | ||||
N = 197 as 35 cases omitted by listwise deletion; Reference groups: amales, bPashtuns and other ethnicities; cHS Diploma, dUnemployed, eUnstable income; †p < .10; *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001