Psychological and Environmental Correlates of Well-being Among Undergraduate University Students

Psychology of Well-Being

Theory, Research and Practice

Table 5 Hierarchical multiple linear regression predicting negative affect as a function of personality, environment and psychological inflexibility (N = 163)

Variables	Step 1			Step 2			Step 3
Variables	B	SE B	β	B	SE B	β	B	SE B	β
Neuroticism	1.55	0.16	0.62***	1.29	0.19	0.52***	1.02	0.22	0.41***
Extraversion	0.01	0.15	0.00	0.08	0.16	0.04	0.09	0.15	0.04
Physical security				−0.82	0.24	−0.23**	−0.75	0.24	−0.21**
Environmental clarity				0.14	0.18	0.06	0.26	0.19	0.11
Interpersonal contact				−0.03	0.12	−0.02	−0.2	0.11	−0.01
Valued social position				−0.09	0.12	−0.06	−0.01	0.12	0.01
Psychological inflexibility							0.18	0.08	0.24*

R ² = 0.38 for Step 1 (p < 0.001); ΔR ² = 0.05 for Step 2 (p = 0.007); ΔR ² = 0.02 for Step 3 (p = 0.018).
* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001.