Psychometric testing of the 10-item perceived stress scale for Chinese nurses

BMC Nursing

Table 4 Hierarchical regression models for predicting anxiety, depression and stress

Predictor variable
Predictor variable	B	β	R2	B	β	R2	B	β	R2
First level			0.37***			0.42***			0.48***
Sex	0.10	0.01		-0.38	-0.03		-0.36	-0.03
Age	0.03	0.05		0.16	0.32**		0.18	0.32**
Education level	0.07	0.01		-0.13	-0.02		0.21	0.03
Professional title	-0.57	-0.10*		-0.60	-0.12*		-0.64	-0.11*
Length of nursing work	0.06	0.13		-0.03	-0.06		-0.06	-0.11
Extraversion	-0.02	-0.02		-0.06	-0.07		0.06	0.06
Agreeableness	-0.18	-0.17***		-0.14	-0.15***		-0.12	-0.12***
Conscientiousness	-0.07	-0.08		-0.06	-0.08*		-0.02	-0.03
Neuroticism	0.40	0.49***		0.38	0.49***		0.56	0.65***
Openness	0.08	0.09**		0.05	0.06		0.04	0.05
Second level			0.48***			0.54***			0.61***
Sex	0.48	0.04		0.01	0.00		0.08	0.01
Age	-0.00	-0.01		0.13	0.26*		0.15	0.26**
Education level	0.12	0.02		-0.07	-0.01		0.27	0.04
Professional title	-0.49	0.09*		-0.52	-0.10*		-0.54	-0.09*
Length of nursing work	0.08	0.16		-0.02	-0.03		-0.04	-0.08
Extraversion	0.02	0.02		-0.02	-0.03		0.10	0.10**
Agreeableness	-0.13	0.13***		-0.10	-0.11**		-0.08	-0.07*
Conscientiousness	-0.03	-0.03		-0.02	-0.03		0.02	0.02
Neuroticism	0.20	0.24***		0.18	0.23***		0.33	0.39***
Openness	0.09	0.11**		0.06	0.08**		0.06	0.07*
PSS-10	0.33	0.45***		0.33	0.49***		0.37	0.50***

Note. PSS-10, 10-item Perceived Stress Scale; ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05

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