Table 2.

Multiple regression analysis of predictors of adaptation to nursing home life (N = 303)

	Unstandardized Coefficients		Std. Coefficients	t	Sig.	Collinearity Statistics		Adj. R2	F/p
	B	Std. Error	β			Tolerance	VIF
Constant	−1.656	8.725		−.0190	0.850			0.616	29.523 P < 0.001
Education
Elementary school	−2.243	1.964	−0.053	−1.142	0.254	0.589	1.697
Middle school	−.298	2.333	−0.006	−0.128	0.898	0.657	1.523
High school	−1.685	2.012	−0.040	− 0.837	0.403	0.543	1.84
College and above	−0.580	2.081	−0.014	−0.279	0.781	0.508	1.968
Satisfaction with environment	5.548	4.680	0.057	1.185	0.237	0.548	1.825
Satisfaction with services	13.034	4.194	0.158	3.108	0.002	0.494	2.024
Age	0.124	0.083	0.058	1.493	0.136	0.855	1.169
Sex	1.060	1.351	0.030	0.784	0.434	0.883	1.133
Number of diseases	−1.398	0.589	−0.091	−2.373	0.018	0.874	1.145
Length of stay (months)	0.108	0.047	0.088	2.326	0.021	0.896	1.116
Voluntary admission	2.800	1.613	0.072	1.735	0.084	0.734	1.362
Preparation for the admission	1.797	1.581	0.050	1.136	0.257	0.662	1.510
Knowledge of the purpose of admission	4.749	2.119	0.092	2.241	0.026*	0.760	1.315
Knowledge of the benefits of admission	1.577	1.676	0.041	0.941	.348	0.684	1.461
ADL (BI)	0.006	0.025	0.009	0.222	0.825	0.856	1.168
RS	0.533	0.053	0.483	10.149	< 0.001	0.562	1.780
SSRS	0.401	0.101	0.186	3.989	< 0.001	0.583	1.715

ADL Activities of Daily Living, BI Barthel Index, RS Resilience Scale, SSRS Social Support Rate Scale