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Table 2 Results of the hierarchical logistic regression analyses with having depressive mood as a dependent variable, for female employees (N = 151)

From: Character strengths as protective factors against depression and suicidality among male and female employees

Independent variables

Model 1

Model 2

OR

B

Wald

Sig.

OR

B

Wald

Sig.

Socio-demographic factors

 Age

−.071

7.082

.008**

.931

−.082

6.870

.009**

.922

 Years of education

.033

1.085

.298

1.033

.023

.420

.517

1.023

 Family income

−.105

.812

.368

.900

.007

.003

.958

1.007

 Job grade (low)

−1.083

.853

.356

.338

−.216

.029

.865

.805

Character strengths measured by the VIA-72

 Creativity

    

−.651

3.324

.068

.521

 Curiosity

    

1.107

10.207

.001**

3.026

 Judgment

    

−.041

.008

.929

.960

 Love of learning

    

−.019

.004

.948

.981

 Perspective

    

−.111

.072

.789

.895

 Love

    

.862

5.767

.016*

2.367

 Kindness

    

−.596

1.635

.201

.551

 Social intelligence

    

−.003

.000

.994

.997

 Teamwork

    

−.321

.602

.438

.726

 Fairness

    

−.489

1.035

.309

.613

 Leadership

    

.068

.024

.878

1.071

Statistics of the model

 -2LL

191.244

166.292

 Model χ2

9.762 (df = 4), p = .045*

34.714 (df = 15), p = .003**

 Step χ2

9.762 (df = 4), p = .045*

24.951 (df = 11), p = .009**

 Nagelkerke R2

.087

.284

 Classification Accuracy (%)

62.1

69.0

  1. *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001. VIA-72, 24 Character Strength Alphas Values in Action Survey-72; Sig., significance; OR, odds ratio