The buffering effect of relationship satisfaction on emotional distress in couples

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Effect of various risk factors on the level of emotional distress (scl-5 score) in 62,956 men

Risk/protection factor	Range (before z-transformation)	% exposed	Crude b	Adjusted b^f	95% CI
Relationship satisfaction^a	1-6		-0.27	-0.23	-0.24,-0.22
Partner's relationship satisfaction^a	1-6		-0.20	-0.04	-0.05,-0.03
Partner's self-esteem^a	0-3		-0.11	-0.02	-0.03-0.01
Family income^a	0-12		-0.12	-0.08	-0.09,-0.07
Unemployment^b	0, 1	3.4	0.75	0.50	0.46, 0.54
Education^a	0-5	22.6^d	-0.04	0.03	0.02, 0.04
Somatic disease^a			0.20	0.17	0.16, 0.17
Partner's somatic disease^a			0.05	0.02	0.02, 0.03
First time motherhood^c	0, 1	48.8	0.03	0.11	0.10, 0.12

All tabulated effects are significant at the p < 0.001 level.
The following predictors had no significant effect on scl-5 (p > 0.001): Partner's social support, partner's unemployment, and partner's education.
^a: Z-transformed, SD = 1. For all these risk factors, both the dependent and the independent variables are standardized. Thus, the reported adjusted b's equal Beta.
^b: SD = 0.18, β = 0.09, ^c:SD = 0.50, β = 0.06.
^d: frequency of extreme high score (men's and women's' education: more than 4 years university education).
^f: All predictors adjusted for all other predictors

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