Table 5 The association between work values at Time 1 with negative emotions at Time 2 applying linear regression analysis (N = 684).

From: Longitudinal association between adolescent work values and mental health and well-being in adulthood: a 23-year prospective cohort study

 

Bivariate associations

Multivariate analyses

Coef

SE

β

p

Model 11)

Model 22)

Model 33)

Coef

SE

β

p

Coef

SE

β

p

Coef

SE

β

p

Work values at Time 1

1

Good pay

0.42

0.27

0.06

0.117

0.38

0.30

0.05

0.212

0.39

0.30

0.06

0.200

0.32

0.30

0.05

0.281

2

A steady job, with little chance of being laid off

0.30

0.21

0.05

0.153

0.31

0.25

0.06

0.216

0.32

0.25

0.06

0.197

0.36

0.25

0.07

0.148

3

Good chances of getting ahead

− 0.09

0.24

− 0.02

0.697

− 0.36

0.29

− 0.06

0.216

− 0.39

0.29

− 0.06

0.182

− 0.40

0.29

− 0.06

0.169

4

A chance to be helpful to others or useful to society

− 0.03

0.18

− 0.01

0.854

0.03

0.22

0.01

0.886

− 0.03

0.23

− 0.01

0.884

− 0.06

0.23

− 0.01

0.786

5

A chance to work with people rather than things

− 0.05

0.17

− 0.01

0.787

− 0.05

0.21

− 0.01

0.809

− 0.09

0.21

− 0.02

0.676

− 0.08

0.21

− 0.02

0.706

6

A chance to make my own decisions

0.06

0.20

0.01

0.760

0.01

0.24

0.00

0.982

0.02

0.24

0.00

0.921

0.04

0.24

0.01

0.866

7

A job where I have a lot of responsibility

0.08

0.18

0.02

0.649

0.08

0.22

0.02

0.714

0.06

0.22

0.01

0.772

0.05

0.22

0.01

0.832

8

A job that uses my skills and abilities

− 0.07

0.22

− 0.01

0.751

− 0.15

0.27

− 0.03

0.582

− 0.12

0.27

− 0.02

0.659

− 0.06

0.27

− 0.01

0.813

9

A job that people regard highly

0.18

0.16

0.04

0.273

0.18

0.18

0.04

0.309

0.18

0.18

0.04

0.325

0.11

0.18

0.03

0.538

10

A chance to learn a lot of new things

− 0.13

0.21

− 0.02

0.529

− 0.16

0.24

− 0.03

0.508

− 0.16

0.24

− 0.03

0.502

− 0.10

0.24

− 0.02

0.689

  1. Coef. regression coefficient, SE standard error, β standardized regression coefficient.
  2. 1)Ten work values were entered into a model simultaneously; VIF = 1.25–1.62; R-squared = 0.0106281; adjusted R-squared = − 0.0040728; F = 0.71 (p = 0.7163).
  3. 2)Adjusted for sex, race, and household income at Time 1; VIF = 1.08–1.70; R-squared = 0.0172894; adjusted R-squared = − 0.0017781; F = 0.88 (p = 0.5711).
  4. 3)Adjusted for Model 2 + negative emotions at Time 1; VIF = 1.05–1.70; R-squared = 0.0441872; adjusted R-squared = 0.0241851; F = 2.16 (p = 0.0079).