Table 2.
Final models of self-compassion and compassionate love predicting mental health in first responders
| Predictors | Beta values (SE) and model results by outcome | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PD | PTS | STS | PA | DP | EE | RE | CS | LS | |
| SD | − .10(.07) | .00(.07) | − .07(.08) | − .08(.08) | − .08(.06) | − .15* (.07) | .16* (.08) | .09(.06) | .08(.07) |
| CLM | − .10(.21) | .01(.08) | .02(.08) | .18* (.08) | .22*** (.06) | .15* (.07) | − .01(.08) | − .08(.07) | .07(.08) |
| LEC | .19**(.07) | .24*** (.07) | .12(.08) | .17* (.08) | .10(.06) | .11(.07) | − .05(.07) | .07(.06) | − .04(.07) |
| AGE | − .06(.07) | − .01(.07) | .01(.07) | .08(.08) | − .04(.06) | − .01(.07) | − .01(.07) | .10(.06) | − .12(.07) |
| REL | .13(.20) | .10(.20) | .10(.21) | − .30*** (.21) | .02(.17) | .09(.18) | − .15(.20) | − .18**(.17) | − .26**(.20) |
| GEN | − .21* (.21) | − .19* (.21) | − .18(.22) | − .11(.22) | − .23**(.17) | − .06(.19) | − .18(.21) | .05(.18) | .08(.21) |
| INC | .04(.16) | − .05(.16) | − .02(.17) | − .18* (.18) | .05(.14) | .07(.15) | − .08(.17) | − .18* (.14) | .02(.16) |
| EMP | .10(.26) | .15(.26) | .10(.27) | − .01(.28) | .06(.21) | .01(.24) | − .12(.26) | − .02(.22) | − .04(.25) |
| SER | .00(.25) | − .03(.25) | − .15(.26) | − .18(.27) | − .11(.21) | − .26**(.23) | .21* (.25) | .28*** (.21) | .03(.25) |
| SC | − .51*** (.07) | − .49*** (.07) | − .38*** (.07) | .21* (.08) | − .18**(.06) | − .35*** (.06) | .46*** (.07) | .41*** (.07) | .49*** (.07) |
| CL | .00(.08) | .06(.08) | .05(.08) | .31*** (.08) | − .32*** (.06) | − .06(.07) | − .05(.08) | .30*** (.06) | .07(.08) |
| SCxSER | – | – | – | − .18* (.20) | – | – | – | − .16* (.16) | – |
| CLxSER | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| SCxCL | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| SCxCLxSER | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 7.19*** | 7.12*** | 4.95*** | 4.19*** | 16.51*** | 10.74*** | 6.49*** | 14.59*** | 7.58*** |
| RMSE | .85 | .85 | .89 | .90 | .71 | .78 | .86 | .71 | .84 |
| R2 | .33 | .33 | .26 | .24 | .53 | .43 | .31 | .53 | .34 |
SD, social desirability; CLM, calls last month; LEC, Life Events Checklist; AGE, age range; REL, relationship status; GEN, gender; INC, income range; EMP, employment status; SER, service role; SC, self-compassion; CL, compassionate love; RMSE, root mean square error; SE, standard error; PD, psychological distress; PTS, post-traumatic stress; STS, secondary traumatic stress; PA, personal accomplishment; DP, depersonalization; EE, emotional exhaustion; RE, resilience; CS, compassion satisfaction; LS, life satisfaction. En-dashes indicate non-significant interaction terms that were removed from the model using backwards elimination
*p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001