Mental health status among Burmese adolescent students living in boarding houses in Thailand: a cross-sectional study

Akiyama, Takeshi; Win, Thar; Maung, Cynthia; Ray, Paw; Sakisaka, Kayako; Tanabe, Aya; Kobayashi, Jun; Jimba, Masamine

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-13-337

Table 5 Final model of stepwise linear regression analysis of the mental health status of participants

From: Mental health status among Burmese adolescent students living in boarding houses in Thailand: a cross-sectional study

		Forced entry		Step wise
				Step 1		Step2		Step3		Step4
	Predictor variable	Β	t	Β	t	Β	t	Β	t	Β	t
HSCL-37A total	Age	0.02	0.39
	Years in boarding house	0.01	0.14
	Years in Thailand	−0.11	−1.95
	Burmese language (Ref = Karen)	−0.22*	−3.97			−0.23*	−4.58	−0.24*	−4.89
	Male gender (Ref = female)	−0.17*	−3.37					−0.19*	−3.70
	Traumatic events	0.41*	8.17	0.41*	7.84	0.40*	7.90	0.41*	8.27
	Social support
	Emotional/ Informational support	0.03	0.40
	Tangible support	−0.07	−1.20
	Affectionate support	0.11	1.80
	Positive social interaction	−0.05	−0.81
R²	0.28			0.17		0.22		0.26
Ajusted R²	0.25			0.17		0.22		0.25
Anxiety	Age	−0.10	−1.96
	Years in boarding house	−0.01	−0.22
	Years in Thailand	−0.14*	−2.59							−0.15*	−3.18
	Burmese language (Ref = Karen)	0.22*	−4.22					−0.26*	−5.56	−0.23*	−4.67
	Male gender (Ref = female)	−0.31*	−6.63			−0.33*	−6.56	−0.34*	−7.20	−0.34*	−7.30
	Traumatic events	0.41*	8.78	0.40*	7.50	0.42*	8.39	0.41*	8.58	0.40*	8.66
	Social support
	Emotional/ Informational support	0.04	0.55
	Tangible support	−0.04	−0.68
	Affectionate support	0.11	1.95
	Positive social interaction	−0.08	−1.42
R²	0.37			0.16		0.26		0.33		0.35
Adjusted R²	0.35			0.15		0.26		0.32		0.34
Depression	Age	0.11	1.98**
	Years in boarding house	0.04	0.55
	Years in Thailand	−0.12*	−1.94
	Burmese language (Ref = Karen)	−0.19*	−3.39*			−0.19*	−3.72	−0.20*	−3.91
	Male gender (Ref = female)	−0.13*	−2.55*					−0.13*	−2.59
	Traumatic events	0.37*	7.17*	0.38*	7.07	0.37*	7.06	0.38*	7.27
	Social support
	Emotional/ Informational support	−0.04	−0.57
	Tangible support	−0.05	−0.74
	Affectionate support	0.13	1.96
	Positive social interaction	−0.08	−1.24
R²		0.23			0.14		0.18	0.20
Adjusted R²		0.21			0.14		0.17	0.19
RATS	Age	0.09	1.65
	Years in boarding house	0.02	0.30
	Years in Thailand	−0.13**	−2.17			−0.15**	−2.24	−0.12**	−2.28
	Burmese language (Ref = Karen)	−0.07	−1.16
	Male gender (Ref = female)	−0.10**	−2.01					−0.11**	−2.11
	Traumatic events	0.45*	8.82	0.45*	8.77	0.45*	8.78	0.46*	8.94
	Social support
	Emotional/ Informational support	0.01	0.18
	Tangible support	−0.05	−0.80
	Affectionate support	0.14*	2.19
	Positive social interaction	−0.09	−1.45
R²		0.26		0.20		0.22		0.23
Adjusted R²		0.23		0.20		0.21		0.22

*: p < 0.0125, **: p < 0.05.

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