Potentially traumatic events, coping strategies and associations with mental health and well-being measures among conflict-affected youth in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Cherewick, Megan; Doocy, Shannon; Tol, Wietse; Burnham, Gilbert; Glass, Nancy

doi:10.1186/s41256-016-0007-6

Table 6 Multivariable hierarchical regressions internalizing problems on independent variables

From: Potentially traumatic events, coping strategies and associations with mental health and well-being measures among conflict-affected youth in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

		Boys^a				Girls^b
Model		b	SE	β	p	b	SE	β	p
M1	Age	−0.015	0.007	−0.139	0.030*	0.009	0.008	0.083	0.232
	Total pTEs	0.020	0.006	0.223	0.002**	0.011	0.006	0.118	0.060
	Attack Victim	0.126	0.038	0.176	0.001**	0.094	0.062	0.113	0.131
	Home Violence	0.128	0.039	0.225	0.001**	0.090	0.032	0.190	0.005**
	Village Violence	−0.067	0.028	−0.139	0.017*	0.012	0.035	0.024	0.735
	Constant	1.347	0.089		0.000	1.043	0.094		0.000
M2	Age	−0.015	0.006	−0.146	0.016*	0.009	0.008	0.081	0.242
	Total pTEs	0.024	0.006	0.263	0.000***	0.012	0.006	0.127	0.040*
	Attack Victim	0.130	0.040	0.180	0.001*	0.086	0.059	0.105	0.145
	Home Violence	0.133	0.036	0.233	0.000***	0.095	0.032	0.200	0.003**
	Village Violence	−0.056	0.028	−0.116	0.049*	0.013	0.035	0.026	0.715
	Problem-focused	0.169	0.038	0.310	0.000***	0.111	0.053	0.163	0.040*
	Emotion-focused	−0.092	0.045	−0.101	0.041*	−0.027	0.049	−0.034	0.586
	Avoidance	0.001	0.028	0.001	0.981	−0.053	0.030	−0.113	0.076
	Faith	−0.035	0.036	−0.057	0.330	0.007	0.041	0.011	0.867
	Constant	1.338	0.085		0.000	1.049	0.094		0.000
M3	Age	−0.015	0.006	−0.142	0.020*	0.011	0.007	0.101	0.133
	Total pTEs	0.024	0.006	0.258	0.000***	0.012	0.006	0.122	0.052
	Attack Victim	0.133	0.040	0.185	0.001**	0.080	0.058	0.097	0.167
	Home Violence	0.132	0.035	0.231	0.000***	0.091	0.032	0.191	0.005**
	Village Violence	−0.055	0.028	−0.115	0.050	0.022	0.033	0.046	0.507
	Problem-focused	0.200	0.050	0.368	0.000***	0.239	0.062	0.353	0.000***
	Emotion-focused	−0.074	0.045	−0.082	0.100	0.038	0.050	0.050	0.443
	Avoidance	0.003	0.028	0.007	0.911	−0.055	0.029	−0.119	0.055
	Faith	−0.027	0.036	−0.044	0.457	0.026	0.042	0.041	0.538
	ProblemxEmotion	−0.214	0.146	−0.094	0.144	−0.463	0.118	−0.306	0.000***
	Constant	1.328	0.085		0.000	1.008	0.089		0.000

Note: SE Robust standard errors
^a R ² = 0.1355 for step 1, p = 0.0000; R ² = 0.2458 for step 2, p = 0.0001; R ² = 0.2507 for step 3, p = 0.1437
^b R ² = 0.0747 for step 1, p = 0.0064; R ² = 0.1076 for step 2, p = 0.034; R ² = 0.1537 for step 3, p = 0.0001
*p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001, p<0.10 in boldface

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