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. 2019 Jul 21;9(2):020407. doi: 10.7189/jogh.09.020407

Table 1.

Stepwise multiple regressions of the factors associated with married Syrian refugee individuals’ total intimacy score and its six dimensions (N = 141)

Predictor Variables
Total intimacy Score
Emotional intimacy
Social intimacy
Sexual intimacy
Intellectual intimacy
Recreational intimacy
Anger intimacy
Beta
T
Sig.
Beta
t
Sig.
Beta
T
Sig.
Beta
t
Sig.
Beta
t
Sig.
Beta
t
Sig.
Beta
t
Sig.
PTSD-HTQ*
-0.23
-3.23
0.002
-0.17
-2.34
0.020



-0.20
-2.68
0.008
-0.24
-3.19
0.002
-0.21
-2.76
0.007



Using services provided by NGOs in Jordan





















Feeling safe in Jordan





















Gender
-0.29
-4.09
0.000
-0.27
-3.58
0.000
-0.24
-2.98
0.003









-0.49
-6.68
0.000
Years of marriage





















Number of children
-0.20
-2.81
0.006
-0.15
-2.07
0.040



-0.36
-5.13
0.000









Number of family members lived with















-0.16
-2.04
0.044



Escaped to Jordan with spouse












-0.16
-2.03
0.04






Years of education












0.23
2.99
0.003
0.17
2.16
0.032



Economic status





















Forced marriage
-0.32
-4.55
0.000
-0.31
-4.18
0.000



-0.27
-3.81
0.000
-0.26
-3.41
0.001
-0.25
-3.26
0.001



Experienced rape









-0.15
-1.98
0.050









Model statistics‡ R = 0.59; Adj.R2 = 0.32; df = 4137; F = 17.99; P < 0.001
R = 0.52; Adj.R2 = .25; df = 4137; F = 12.84; P < 0.001
R = 0.24; Adj.R2 = 0.05; df = 1140; F = 8.90; P = 0.003
R = 0.57; Adj.R2 = .31; df = 4137; F = 16.76, P < 0.001
R = 0.49; Adj.R2 = 0.22; df = 4137; F = 10.92; P < 0.001
R = 0.47; Adj.R2 = 0.19; df = 4137; F = 9.48; P < 0.001
R = 0.49, Adj.R2 = 0.24; df = 1140; F = 44.58; P < 0.001

NGOs – non-governmental organizations

*PTSD-HTQ, The Harvard Trauma Questionnaire (HTQ) assesses PTSD symptoms associated with traumatic experiences.

†Order of entry and relative importance indicated by size of the beta coefficient.

‡Excluded variable.