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

Table 5 Results of multilevel linear regression to assess depressive symptomatology (CES-D) in women (n = 1308)

Variable	Null model		Model 1		Model 2
Variable	coeff.	95% CI	coeff.	95% CI	coeff.	95% CI
Individual level
Intercept/constant	10.75	10.18; 11.33	10.59	6.46; 14.72	10.06	4.96; 15.16
Age			−0.03	−0.07; 0.02	−0.03	−0.07; 0.02
Education: middle			−2.23	−5.07; 0.62	−2.21	−5.06; 0.63
Education: high (ref: low)			−3.34	−6.25; −0.43	−3.33	−6.24;-0.42
Social resources			−0.27	−0.34; − 0.19	−0.27	− 0.34; − 0.19
Neuroticism			2.93	2.63; 3.24	2.94	2.63; 3.24
Extraversion			−0.32	−0.59; − 0.06	−0.32	− 0.59; − 0.06
Occupational level
Interpersonal conflict					0.17	−0.80; 1.14
Random effects
Intercept SD	1.05	0.53; 2.08	0.65	0.28; 1.49	0.63	0.27; 1.50
ICC	0.019		0.010		0.001
Log Likelihood	− 4500.89		− 4280.40		−4280.34
LR-Test	Chi² = 6.87; P = 0.004		Chi² = 3.40; P = 0.032		Chi² = 3.05; P = 0.040
AIC	9007.77		8578.80		8580.68

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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