TABLE 5.
Sociodemographic and psychosocial predictors of prosocial behavior.
Total sample |
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Sociodemographic predictor | B | SE B | β | (95% CI) | |
Age | −0.02** | 0.00 | 0.00** | (−0.00, −0.00) | |
Gender | Male | Ref | Ref | ||
Female | 1.04** | 0.10 | 0.25** | (0.21 −0.31) | |
Employment | Working (full time) | Ref | Ref | ||
Working (part time) | 0.05 | 0.11 | 0.01 | (−0.04, 0.06) | |
Unemployed | 0.37** | 0.12 | 0.09** | (0.04, 0.14) | |
On parental leave | −0.42 | 0.27 | −0.10 | (−0.23, 0.02) | |
Retired | 0.50* | 0.23 | 0.12* | (0.01, 0.23) | |
Living situation | Alone | Ref | Ref | ||
With parents | 0.40** | 0.15 | 0.10** | (0.03, 0.17) | |
With one parent | 0.08 | 0.21 | 0.02 | (−0.08, 0.12) | |
With own family | −0.48** | 0.15 | −0.12** | (−0.19, −0.05) | |
With friends/roommates | 0.47* | 0.20 | 0.11* | (0.02, 0.21) | |
Marital status | Married | Ref | Ref | ||
In a relationship | −0.29* | 0.12 | −0.07* | (−0.13, −0.01) | |
Single | −0.01 | 0.15 | 0.00 | (−0.07, 0.07) | |
Divorced | −0.23 | 0.20 | −0.05 | (−0.50, −0.11) | |
Widowed | −1.21** | 0.38 | −0.29** | (−0.34, −0.01) | |
Changes in finances | Got better | Ref | Ref | ||
Same | −0.14 | 0.14 | −0.03 | (−0.10, 0.03) | |
Got worse | 0.25 | 0.15 | 0.06 | (−0.01, 0.13) | |
Psychosocial predictors | |||||
Perceived social support | Low | Ref | Ref | ||
Moderate | 1.44** | 0.10 | 0.34** | (0.30, 0.40) | |
High | 2.71** | 0.12 | 0.65** | (0.59, 0.70) | |
Perceived stress | Low | Ref | Ref | ||
Moderate | 0.27** | 0.09 | 0.07** | (0.02, 0.11) | |
High | 1.20** | 0.16 | 0.29** | (0.29, 0.04) | |
Psychological flexibility | 0.10** | 0.01 | 0.10** | (0.07, 0.12) | |
Positive affect | 0.13** | 0.01 | 0.25** | (0.23, 0.27) |
R2 = 0.18 (p < 0.001); β, standardized regression coefficient; CI, confidence interval; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.001.