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

Table 4 Results of multilevel linear regression to assess depressive symptomatology (CES-D) in men (n = 856)

Variable	Null model		Model 1		Model 2
Variable	coeff	95% CI	coeff	95% CI	coeff	95% CI
Individual level
Intercept/constant	8.65	8.26; 9.05	7.91	4.52; 11.31	8.30	4.20; 12.20
Age			0.03	−0.01; 0.07	0.03	−0.01; 0.07
Education: middle			−1.57	−3.71; 0.56	−1.60	−3.71; 0.56
Education: high (ref: low)			−2.08	−4.25; 0.08	−2.09	−4.26; 0.07
Social resources			−0.20	−0.26; − 0.13	−0.20	− 0.27; − 0.13
Neuroticism			1.86	1.56; 2.17	1.86	1.55; 2.16
Extraversion			−0.26	−0.55; 0.02	−0.26	− 0.54; 0.02
Occupational level
Interpersonal conflict					−0.14	−0.98; 0.69
Random effects
Intercept SD	0.50	0.11; 2.23	1.67*10⁻⁶	4.67*10⁻⁹; 0.00	3.63*10⁻⁷	0.00; 0.00
ICC	0.008		1.24*10⁻¹³		5.81*10⁻¹⁵
Log Likelihood	− 2657.96		− 2549.59		−2549.53
LR-Test	Chi² = 0.55; P = 0.229		Chi² = 0.00; P = 1.00		Chi² = 0.00; P = 1.00
AIC	5321.93		5117.17		5119.06

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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