Table 3.
Association between predictor variables and class‐specific intercepts, slopes, and class membership
| Predictor | Intercept | Slope | Predict delayed response Class membership | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b (SE) | p | b (SE) | p | b (SE) | p | OR [95% CI] | |
| Age | 0.01 (0.01) | .554 | −0.01 (0.01) | .456 | −0.02 (0.01) | .158 | 0.99 [0.96, 1.01] |
| Male sex | 0.26 (0.20) | .181 | −0.26 (0.24) | .275 | 0.14 (0.24) | .540 | 1.16 [0.73, 1.84] |
| Higher degree of formal education (Ref. lower)a | −0.10 (0.22) | .641 | −0.21 (0.27) | .433 | −0.27 (0.24) | .258 | 0.76 [0.47, 1.22] |
| Marital status (Ref.: single) | |||||||
| Married | −0.21 (0.23) | .368 | −0.29 (0.29) | .313 | 0.01 (0.27) | .963 | 1.01 [0.60, 1.71] |
| Widowed/divorced | 0.29 (0.33) | .375 | −0.64 (0.40) | .109 | 0.09 (0.34) | .786 | 1.10 [0.56, 2.14] |
| Prior psychotherapy (Ref.: no prior psychotherapy) | 0.16 (0.19) | .412 | −0.01 (0.23) | .970 | 0.39 (0.22) | .076 | 1.48 [0.96, 2.29] |
| Unemployed (Ref.: employed) | −0.39 (0.29) | .181 | 0.67 (0.34) | .048 | −0.10 (0.33) | .764 | 0.90 [0.47, 1.74] |
| SCID‐I diagnosis (Ref.: no affective disorder) | |||||||
| Current MDD | 1.93 (0.30) | < .001 | −1.26 (0.36) | <.001 | 0.98 (0.35) | .005 | 2.68 [1.34, 5.32] |
| Dysthymia | 0.55 (0.39) | .152 | 0.32 (0.45) | .479 | 0.52 (0.46) | .262 | 1.67 [0.68, 4.12] |
| Remitted MDD | −0.16 (0.31) | .606 | 0.16 (0.36) | .663 | 0.49 (0.36) | .174 | 1.64 [0.81, 3.32] |
| Double depression | 2.29 (0.45) | <.001 | −0.28 (0.55) | .605 | 0.09 (0.55) | .873 | 1.09 [0.37, 3.17] |
| MDD NOS | 0.53 (0.47) | .260 | −0.08 (0.57) | .889 | −0.11 (0.52) | .828 | 0.89 [0.32, 2.49] |
| Perseverative thinking | 0.07 (0.01) | <.001 | −0.04 (0.01) | .008 | −0.00 (0.01) | .790 | 1.00 [0.97, 1.02] |
| Expectations | −0.06 (0.02) | .012 | −0.03 (0.03) | .329 | 0.08 (0.04) | .020 | 1.09 [1.01, 1.17] |
| Perceived social support | −0.02 (0.02) | .346 | −0.05 (0.03) | .069 | −0.07 (0.02) | <.001 | 0.93 [0.89, 0.96] |
Beta‐regression weights as estimated in a model with class and group invariance. Ref., category used as reference; MDD, major depressive disorder; NOS, not otherwise specified.
a
A“lower” category encompasses no certificate or certificates from lower secondary or secondary school and is contrasted against the “higher” category encompassing certificates from trade school/college‐preparatory school, college, or university.