Rates and predictors of mental stress in Rwanda: investigating the impact of gender, persecution, readiness to reconcile and religiosity via a structural equation model

Table 2 Coefficients of the final structural equation model

Dependent variable	Independent variable	B	SE B	β
Mental stress	Gender^a	−3.80***	.85	-.31
Mental stress	Persecution^b	3.67***	.86	.30
Mental stress	Social desirability	.66**	.20	.27
Mental stress	Readiness to reconcile	-.12**	.04	-.20
Mental stress	Centrality	-.16*	.07	-.20
Centrality	Mental stress	.35***	.10	.28
Centrality	Positive RF^c	2.46***	.26	.83
Centrality	Social desirability	-.48*	.22	-.15
Readiness to reconcile	Negative RF^c	−1.43***	.22	-.56
Readiness to reconcile	Positive RF^c	.75**	.28	.19
Readiness to reconcile	Education	-.60***	.16	-.24

Note. N = 200. R²_{Mental stress} = .34, R²_Centrality = .68, R²_{Readiness to reconcile} = .38.
^aGender coded as female = 0, male = 1.
^bPersecution coded as not persecuted = 0, persecuted = 1. ^cRF = religious functioning.
*p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.

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