Self-efficacy, mindfulness, and perceived social support as resources to maintain the mental health of students in Switzerland’s universities of applied sciences: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Hierarchical linear regression model for mental health

	Step 1 β	Step 2 β	Step 3 β	Step 4 β
Gender: Man	0.09***	-0.05**	-0.01	-0.01
Gender: Other	-0.03	-0.04*	-0.03	-0.03
Age	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.03
Year of study: Second	0.03	-0.03	-0.02	-0.01
Part-time job: Yes	0.07**	0.04**	0.03*	0.04**
Living arrangement: With a partner	0.00	0.03*	0.01	0.01
Living arrangement: Shared accommodation	-0.03	-0.02	-0.02	-0.02
Living arrangement: Alone	-0.07**	-0.03*	-0.03*	-0.03
Living arrangement: Other	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.02
Perceived stress		-0.71***	-0.43***	-0.94***
Self-efficacy			0.26***	-0.05
Mindfulness			0.10***	0.08
Perceived Social support			0.17***	0.05
Perceived stress * Self-efficacy				0.29***
Perceived stress * Mindfulness				0.02
Perceived stress * Perceived Social support				0.15
Raw R²	0.021	0.499	0.584	0.591
Adjusted R²	0.017	0.497	0.582	0.588

Dichotomised and dummy variables: Gender vs Woman; Year of Study vs First; Part-time job vs No; Living arrangements vs With parents
β Standardized regression coefficient
^*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001

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