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Table 4 Relationship between social support and psychological distress

From: Understanding the relationship between social support and mental health of humanitarian migrants resettled in Australia

Pathway

Path coef.a

95% CI

p-value†

Emotional/instrumental support Wave One → Psychological distress Wave Three

−0.342

(− 0.607 to − 0.077)

0.012

Informational support Wave One → Psychological distress Wave Three

0.000

(−0.308 to 0.308)

0.999

Emotional/instrumental support Wave One → Psychological distress Wave Five

−0.192

(−0.467 to 0.084)

0.173

Informational support Wave One → Psychological distress Wave Five

−0.313

(−0.641 to 0.015)

0.062

Emotional/instrumental support Wave Three → Psychological distress Wave Five

−0.006

(−0.294 to 0.281)

0.965

Informational support Wave Three → Psychological distress Wave Five

−0.347

(−0.689 to − 0.005)

0.047

  1. †Statistical significance set at p < 0.05
  2. aPath coefficients were estimated simultaneously using a path model controlling for all socio-demographic characteristics in Table 1. For full details of this model see Supplementary file 2: Table 1