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Table 3 Multiple regressions on job satisfaction, emotional exhaustion, psychological distress and musculoskeletal pain measured at T2, unadjusted and adjusted for T1 levels (sample 3, n = 298 after listwise deletion).

From: A comparison of general and ambulance specific stressors: predictors of job satisfaction and health problems in a nationwide one-year follow-up study of Norwegian ambulance personnel

 

Job satisfaction at T2

Emotional exhaustion at T2

Psychological distress at T2

Musculoskeletal pain at T2

 

model#1

model#2

model#3

model#4

model#5

model#6

model#7

model#8

 

beta (R2)

beta (R2)

beta (R2)

beta (R2)

beta (R2)

beta (R2)

beta (R2)

beta (R2)

Adjusting for T1 levels

 

0.59***(0.35)

 

0.59***(0.28)

 

0.59***(0.25)

 

0.57***(0.29)

Individual charachteristics

        

Men

      

-0.14*(0.02)

 

Age

      

0.17**(0.03)

 

Neuroticism

  

0.31*** (0.09)

0.15** (0.02)

0.41***(0.17)

0.12*(0.01)

0.19***(0.03)

0.11*(0.01)

Control

        

Ekstroversion

0.12*(0.01)

       

General stressors

        

Lack of co-worker support (F)

      

0.16*(0.02)

 

Lack of leader support (F)

0.32***(0.10)

 

0.13* (0.01)

     

Time pressure frequency (F)

  

0.12* (0.01)

     

Challenging job tasks (F)

        

Lack of co-worker support (S)

    

0.15**(0.02)

   

Lack of leader support (S)

        

Time pressure severity (S)

  

0.19*** (0.03)

0.14** (0.02)

    

Challenging job tasks (S)

0.27**(0.07)

       

Ambulance specific stressors

        

Non-emergency tasks index (F)

        

Physical demands (F)

        

Serious Operational tasks (F)

        

Non-emergency tasks index (S)

        

Physical demands (S)

  

0.17** (0.02)

   

0.22***(0.05)

0.12*(0.01)

Serious Operational tasks (S)

  

-0.13* (0.01)

-0.12* (0.01)

    

Adjusted R2 for the final models

0.195

0.351

0.245

0.464

0.212

0.348

0.163

0.397

  1. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001; beta = standardized beta coefficients; a one unit change in age represents 10 years; (R2) = squared semi-partial correlation; F = frequency and S = severity.