Body image perception and social support as predictors of psychological distress among third trimester pregnant women in Nigeria

Table 3 Regression of body image perception, tangible support, belonging support, appraisal support and control variables on psychological distress of pregnant women

Variables	B	Robust SE	β	t	P
Religion	-0.03	0.05	-0.03	-0.65	0.824
Marital Status	-0.21	0.07	-0.19	-3.26	< 0.001
Level of Education	-0.05	0.06	-0.04	-2.13	0.228
Occupation	-0.04	0.03	-0.02	-1.28	0.137
Ethnicity	0.00	0.06	0.01	0.06	0.986
Family type	0.22	0.10	0.08	2.09	0.065
Body Image Perception	1.57	0.03	-0.25	-4.66	< 0.001
Appraisal Support	-1.85	0.06	0.12	-3.23	< 0.001
Belonging support	-2.08	0.04	0.62	4.24	< 0.001
Tangible support	-1.03	0.01	0.40	8.23	< 0.001
Appraisal Support*Body Image perception	-0.78	0.39	-0.29	0.17	< 0.001
Belonging support*Body image perception	-1.23	0.02	-0.42	0.20	< 0.001
Tangible support*Body Image perception	-0.17	0.01	-0.37	0.11	< 0.001

R² = 0.44, Adjusted R² = 0.38, F(13, 238) = 12.06, p < 0.001
Dummy variables: Religion (Christian 1; Muslim 0), Marital status (single 1, married 0), Level of education (No formal education, primary, secondary; 1 Tertiary 0) Occupation (self employed 1, employed and Retired 0); Ethnicity (Yoruba, 1, Hausa, Igbo 0), Family type (Nuclear family 1, Extended family 0)

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