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Table 4 Demographic and professional characteristics as predictors of clinician attitudes by four subscales; univariate (one independent variable) and multivariate (controls for all other independent variables) linear regressions

From: Clinicians’ attitudes toward standardized assessment and diagnosis within child and adolescent psychiatry

 

Benefit over Clinical Judgement

Practicality

Psychometric Quality

Utility of Diagnosis

Univariate

Multivariate

Univariate

Multivariate

Univariate

Multivariate

Univariate

Multivariate

β

R2

β

β

R2

β

β

R2

β

β

R2

β

Age (years)

− .139*

.019

− .038

− .086

.007

− .079

− .250***

.062

− .071

− .064

.004

− .043

Gender

 Female (1) vs male (0)

− .152**

.023

− .149**

− .088

.008

− .070

− .063

.004

− .055

− .040

.002

− .027

Working years within CAMHS

− .155**

.024

− .161*

− .008

.000

.025

− .186***

.035

− .110

.000

.000

.042

Highest educational degree

 Less than 3.5 years university (1) vs more than 3.5 years university (0)

− .022

.000

.006

− .024

.001

.009

− .153**

.023

− .014

− .095

.009

− .055

Profession

 

.099

  

.059

  

.123

  

.052

 

 Psychiatrist/MD (1) vs psychologist (0)

.225*

 

.175

.225*

 

.171

.104

 

.069

.187*

 

.178

 Psychiatrist/MD (1) vs councellor (0)

.450***

 

.468***

.366***

 

.341***

.368***

 

.307***

.242***

 

.236*

 Psychiatrist/MD (1) vs nurses/other (0)

.174*

 

.164

.206**

 

.142

.326***

 

.212*

.310***

 

.264

 Psychologist (1) vs councellor (0)

.260***

 

.320

.177**

 

.197**

.281***

 

.249***

.085

 

.087

 Psychologist (1) vs nurses/other (0)

.010

 

.042

.042

 

.023

.250***

 

.164*

.171**

 

.138

 Councellor (1) vs nurses/other (0)

− .215***

 

− .223**

− .111

 

− .140

.005

 

− .044

.096

 

.064

Management position

 No (1) vs yes (0)

− .029

.001

− .109

− .051

.003

− .076

− .014

.000

− .066

− .010

.000

− .022

Conduct indepth assessments

 Yes (1) vs no (0)

.053

.003

− .042

.059

.003

− .012

.221***

.049

.079

.041

.002

−  .059

Level of service

 Inpatient (1) vs Outpatient/intermediate (0)

.138*

.019

.114*

.121*

.015

.112

.063

.004

.074

.002

.000

.042

  1. *** p < .001 ** p < .01 * p < .05
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