The Association between PTSD, Gratitude, Academic Adjustment, and Dropout Decisions in Veteran Students with Disabilities: Brief Report

DEMOGRAPHIC	TOTAL NUMBER	PERCENTAGE (%)
Gender
Male	94	72.87%
Female	35	27.13%
Race
White	105	81.40%
Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish	67	51.94%
Multiracial	8	6.20%
African American	6	4.65%
Others	10	7.75%
Military Service
Army	80	62.02%
Navy	21	16.28%
Air Force	14	10.85%
Marine Corps	12	9.30%
Coast Guard	2	1.55%

Table 2

Hierarchical Regression Analysis Results.

PREDICTORS	b	SE	β	t	95% CI [LL, UL]	P VALUE	TOLERANCE	VIF
Step 1
Age	–0.02	0.01	–0.18	–1.99	[–0.04, 0.00]	.051	.99	1.01
Gender	–0.12	0.20	–0.05	–0.58	[–0.52, 0.28]	.562	.99	1.02
Hispanic status	–0.04	0.18	–0.02	–0.24	[–0.40, 0.32]	.809	.98	1.02
Step 2
Age	–0.02	0.01	–0.19	–2.95	[–0.04, –0.01]	.004	.98	1.03
Gender	0.14	0.15	0.06	0.97	[–0.15, 0.44]	.333	.96	1.05
Hispanic status	–0.14	0.13	–0.07	–1.09	[–0.40, 0.12]	.280	.97	1.03
Academic problems	0.37	0.08	0.40	4.61	[ 0.21, 0.53]	<.001	.57	1.76
PTSD	0.02	0.01	0.37	4.35	[ 0.01, 0.03]	<.001	.56	1.78
Step 3
Age	–0.02	0.01	–0.14	–2.16	[–0.03, 0.00]	.033	.89	1.12
Gender	0.10	0.15	0.05	0.69	[–0.19, 0.39]	.494	.94	1.06
Hispanic status	–0.08	0.13	–0.04	–0.57	[–0.34, 0.19]	.567	.93	1.08
Academic problems	0.33	0.08	0.35	4.03	[ 0.17, 0.48]	<.001	.54	1.86
PTSD	0.02	0.01	0.31	3.43	[ 0.01, 0.03]	<.001	.51	1.98
Gratitude	–0.16	0.06	–0.20	–2.48	[–0.29, –0.03]	.015	.63	1.58

[i] Note: b = unstandardized regression coefficients; SE = standard error; β = standardized regression coefficients; LL = lower level; UL = upper level; VIF = variance inflation factor; Step 1: R² = .04, ΔR² = .02, F _{(3, 121)} = 1.46, p = .23; Step 2: R = .71, R² = .51, ΔR² = .47, F _{(5, 119)} = 24.33, p < .001; Step 3: R = .73, R² = .53, ΔR² = .50, F _{(6, 118)} = 22.18, p < .001.

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