Are social conflicts at work associated with depressive symptomatology? Results from the population-based LIFE-Adult-Study

Table 3 Results of multilevel linear regression to assess depressive symptomatology (CES-D), total sample (n = 2164)

Variable	Null model		Model 1		Model 2
Variable	coeff.	95% CI	coeff.	95% CI	coeff.	95% CI
Individual level
Intercept/constant	9.84	9.51; 10.14	7.53	4.70; 10.35	7.14	4.86; 10.04
Female gender			1.20	0.66; 1.74	1.19	0.56; 1.46
Age			0.00	−0.04; 0.03	0.00	−0.03; 0.02
Education: middle			−1.84	−3.68; 0.01	−1.84	−3.21; 0.01
Education: high (ref: low)			−2.61	−4.49; −0.72	−2.60	−4.04;-1.12
Social resources			−0.23	−0.28; − 0.18	−0.23	− 0.28; − 0.19
Neuroticism			2.55	2.33; 2.77	2.55	2.29; 2.67
Extraversion			−0.37	−0.56; − 0.17	−0.37	− 0.53; − 0.20
Occupational level
Interpersonal conflict					0.14	−0.60; 0.83
Random effects
Intercept SD	1.14	0.57; 1.28	0.51	0.24; 1.03	0.50	0.18; 0.86
ICC	0.028		0.008		0.007
Log Likelihood	− 7233.77		− 6888.12		−6888.041
LR-Test	Chi² = 23.30; P < 0.001		Chi² = 4.42; P = 0.018		Chi² = 4.23; P = 0.020
AIC	14,473.54		13,796.23		13,798.08

CI confidence interval; SD standard deviation; education assessed according to CASMIN (Comparative Analysis of Social Mobility in Industrial Nations)-classification categories low, middle, and high; neuroticism and extraversion assessed by the NEO-16-AM; social resources assessed by the Lubben Social Network Scale; CES-D Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale; significant associations presented in bold type

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