The Exploding Spark: Workplace Violence in an Infectious Disease Hospital—A Longitudinal Study

Table 4

Standardized linear regression coefficients for selected variables that have predictive value on the final level of anxiety and depression observed in health care workers. Linear regression analysis, stepwise-backward selection. Independent variables entered at step 0: age, baseline level of anxiety or depression, physical aggression, verbal aggression, demand, control, support, effort, reward, and overcommitment.

	Standardized coefficient	𝑡	𝑃
	Beta
Anxiety (final level)
(Constant)		−3.423	0.001
Anxiety^1	0.867	50.167	0.000
Physical aggression	0.160	9.534	0.000
Support	−0.046	−2.664	0.008
Overcommitment	0.088	5.197	0.000
(𝑅^2=0.83)
Depression (final level)
(Constant)		−1.716	0.087
Depression^1	0.838	41.230	0.000
Physical aggression	0.084	4.204	0.000
Control	−0.041	−2.069	0.039
Reward	0.049	2.259	0.024
Overcommitment	0.050	2.279	0.023
(𝑅^2=0.76)

1Baseline Level.