Table 2.

Multivariate regression testing the predictive relationship of work-life/life-work conflict on the mental health of stem postdoctoral trainees. Standardized betas reported.

	Covariates only	Work-life conflict	Life-work conflict	Both conflicts
	I	II	III	IV
Work-life conflict		0.237***		0.215***
Life-work conflict			0.156*	0.554
Health covariates
General health	−0.235***	−0.202***	−0.211***	−0.197***
Dispositional optimism	−0.130	−0.114	−0.118	−0.111
Personal locus of control	−0.335***	−0.333***	−0.332***	−0.333***
Demographic covariates
Female	0.050	0.038	0.046	0.037
Non-white	−0.129*	−0.126*	−0.124*	−0.124*
Age	0.004	−0.006	0.007	−0.004
Coupled	0.018	0.018	−0.010	0.008
Parent	−0.005	−0.016	−0.071	−0.039
High educational debt	0.173**	0.134*	0.175**	0.139*
High household income	−0.101	−0.097	−0.097	−0.096
STEM experience covariates
Postdoc year (Year one)	−0.099	−0.064	−0.097	−0.066
Science community	−0.063	−0.066	−0.058	−0.064
Science efficacy	−0.059	−0.071	−0.046	−0.065
Has a faculty mentor	−0.055	−0.031	−0.056	−0.033
Experienced success	0.048	0.043	0.050	0.045
Experienced unfair treatment	0.142*	0.090	0.119	0.087
Adjusted R-Square	0.39	0.44	0.41	0.44
Change In R-Square		0.05***	0.02*	0.05***

^{N=215. *} p<0.05;

^** p<0.01;

^*** p<0.001.