Close relationships with caregivers as protective factor for the mental health and functioning of war-affected Congolese youth

Table 3 Results of multiple regression analyses

	PTSS^a				Emotional problems^b				Behavioural problems^c				Criminal behaviour^d
	B^e(LL, UL)	SE^f	t	p	B(LL, UL)	SE	t	p	B^e(LL, UL)	SE^f	t	p	B^e(LL, UL)	SE^f	t	p
Age	− 0.11(− 0.36, .14)	0.13	−0.86	0.39	− 0.06(− 0.25, 0.14)	0.10	− 0.58	0.56	− 0.09(− 0.26, 0.08)	0.08	− 1.07	0.29	− .013(− 0.20, − 0.06)	0.04	− 3.57	< 0.001
Gender	− 0.31(− 1.56, 1.01)	0.66	−0.47	0.64	-1.18(-2.16, -.21)	0.50	− 2.38	0.02	0.57(-.27, 1.40	0.42	1.34	0.18	0.50(0.11, 0.91)	0.20	2.47	0.01
Exposure to war-related trauma	0.48(0.37, 0.57)	0.05	9.15	< 0.001	.14(.05, .23)	0.05	2.99	0.003	0.07(<-01, .15)	0.09	1.82	0.07	0.03(< − 0.01, 0.06)	0.02	1.87	0.06
Perpetration of war-related violence	0.44(0.16, 0.73)	0.14	3.06	0.003	0.10(− 0.09, 0.29)	0.10	1.04	0.30	0.20(0.03, 0.37)	0.08	2.40	0.02	0.23(0.11, 0.33)	0.05	4.18	< 0.001
Perceived quality of relationships with caregivers	− .009(− 0.15,− 0.02)	0.03	− 2.78	0.006	− 0.08(− 0.14, − 0.02)	0.03	− 2.75	0.006	− 0.07(− 0.12, − 0.02	0.03	− 2.90	0.004	− 0.03(− 0.06, − 0.01)	0.01	− 2.57	0.01
War exposure * Relationship quality	− 0.01(− 0.02, <0.01)	0.01	− 2.84	.005^g	− 0.01(− 0.02, < − 0.01)	< .01	− 2.67	0.008^g	− 0.01(− 0.02, < − .01)	< 0.01	− 3.32	0.001^g	− 0.01(-.01, < − 0.01)	< 0.01	3.17	0.002^g

Significant parameters are highlighted in bold; PTSS = posttraumatic stress symptoms; ^a adj. R² = 0.49, F(6, 261) = 57.85, p < 0.001; ^b adj. R² = 0.19, F(6, 261) = 9.98, p < 0.001; ^c adj. R ² = 0.24, F(6, 261) = 13.99, p < 0.001; ^d adj. R² = 0.36, F(6, 261) = 13.54, p < 0.001; ^e coefficients obtained through bootstrapping due to violation of normality assumption; ^f heteroscedasticity-consistent standard errors; ^g given four tests the Bonferroni-corrected α-level to evaluate significance of the respective coefficients was 0.0125 (0.05/4)

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