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. 2021 Apr 22;18(9):4453. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18094453

Table 4.

Hierarchical regression model on criterion variables of Secondary Traumatic Stress and Posttraumatic Growth.

Predictors Model 1 Model 2
Secondary Traumatic Stress Posttraumatic Growth
Step 1: Control Standardized β Standardized β
Sex 0.084 0.106 0.050 0.039 −0.054 −0.069 −0.103 −0.069
Centre 0.091 0.067 0.051 0.055 0.349 *** 0.361 *** 0.389 *** 0.399 ***
STS T1 0.534 *** 0.490 *** 0.402 *** 0.410 ***
Step 2: variables T1
Workload 0.054 −0.001 −0.009 −0.065 −0.089 −0.023
Fear contagion 0.081 0.038 0.057 0.183 * 0.214 ** 0.182
Lack staff/PPE −0.012 0.013 0.002 −0.145 −0.109 −0.089
Harmonious passion −0.123 −0.044 −0.042 0.159 * 0.065 0.054
Step 3: variables T2
Workload 0.203 ** 0.207 ** 0.007 0.027
Fear contagion 0.187 ** 0.192 ** 0.247 ** 0.241 **
Lack staff/PPE 0.130 * 0.119 −0.053 −0.026
Harmonious passion −0.195 ** −0.192 ** 0.191 * 0.210 *
Step 4: Moderations T2
Workload × Lack staff/PPE 0.017 0.184 *
Fear contagion × Lack staff/PPE 0.066 −0.117
Workload × harmonious passion 0.046 −0.077
Fear contagion × harmonious passion −0.041 0.084
R2 0.32 0.33 0.49 0.46 0.11 0.15 0.20 0.22
ΔR2 0.32 *** 0.01 0.16 *** −0.03 0.11 *** 0.04 * 0.05 ** 0.02

Note: STS = Secondary Traumatic Stress; PPE = Personal Protection Equipment; T1 = first wave of COVID-19 (April 2020); T2 = second wave of COVID-19 (December 2020); Sex was codified as 0 = male and 1 = female; Centre was codified as 1 = hospital and health centers and 2 = nursing homes; R2 = Percentage of explained variance by the inclusion of variables; *** p < 0.001; ** p < 0.01; * p < 0.05.