Table 5.
A summary of regression analysis carried out to analyze moderating role of attachment styles in relationship between neuroticism and suicidal thoughts among medical students
| Variables | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B (β) | SEB | B (β) | SEB | B (β) | SEB | ||
| Stage I: covariates | Gender | 2.530 (0.253)*** | 0.479 | 0.476 (0.048) | 0.389 | 0.347 (0.035) | 0.371 |
| Relational status | 3.078 (0.274)*** | 0.539 | 1.648 (0.147)*** | 0.411 | 1.551 (0.138)*** | 0.390 | |
| Neuroticism | 0.140 (0.166)*** | 0.033 | 0.110 (0.131)** | 0.032 | |||
| Stage II: predictors | AIAS | 0.555 (0.310)*** | 0.069 | 0.514 (0.287)*** | 0.067 | ||
| SAS | −0.753 (−0.418)*** | 0.070 | −0.669 (−0.371)*** | 0.067 | |||
| AAIAS | 0.234 (0.134)** | 0.070 | 0.190 (0.108)** | 0.071 | |||
| Stage III: moderators | AIAS × neuroticism | 0.589 (0.119)** | 0.179 | ||||
| SAS × neuroticism | −0.637 (−0.140)*** | 0.171 | |||||
| AAIAS × neuroticism | 0.311 (0.078)* | 0.151 | |||||
| R2 | 0.143 | 0.537 | 0.586 | ||||
| Adj. R2 | 0.138 | 0.529 | 0.576 | ||||
| ∆R2 | 0.143 | 0.394 | 0.049 | ||||
| ∆F (df) | 31.003 (2, 373)*** | 78.508 (4, 369)*** | 14.505 (3, 366)*** | ||||
| F (df) | 31.003 (2, 373)*** | 71.263 (6, 369)*** | 57.560 (9, 366)*** | ||||
*P<0.05 is significant; **P<0.01 is significant; ***P<0.001 is significant.AIAS: Avoidant insecure attachment style; SAS: Secure attachment style; AAIAS: Anxious/ambivalent attachment style