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. 2019 Mar 12;12:145–154. doi: 10.2147/PRBM.S173282

Table 6.

Predictors for each subscale of the Brief Symptom Inventory

Construct Predictor(s)

Anxiety Factor 2 (giving up convenience/losing connectedness), hours, gender
Depression Factor 2 (giving up convenience/losing connectedness), hours
Hostility Factor 2 (giving up convenience/losing connectedness)
Interpersonal sensitivity Factor 2 (giving up convenience/losing connectedness), hours, schooling level, gender
Obsession–compulsion Factor 2 (giving up convenience/losing connectedness), schooling level
Phobic anxiety Factor 1 (negative; not being able to access information), factor 2 (giving up convenience/losing connectedness)
Paranoid ideation Factor 2 (giving up convenience/losing connectedness)
Psychoticism Factor 2 (giving up convenience/losing connectedness), schooling level
Somatization Factor 2 (giving up convenience/losing connectedness), hours, gender