Fostering Work Ability Among Menopausal Women. Does Any Work-Related Psychosocial Factor Help?

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Table 1 Correlations Among Study Variables

	M (SD)	Range	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(8)	(10)	(11)	(12)
(1) work ability	33.38 (4.46)	7–49	(0.70)
(2) Job demands	5.56 (1.69)	0–9	0.07*	(0.73)
(3) Family–work conflict	8.77 (2.62)	4–24	−0.34**	0.01	(0.83)
(4) Health-oriented organizational climate	15.70 (3.94)	5–25	0.22**	−0.06*	−0.12**	(0.79)
(5) Flexible working hours for health reason	19.62 (3.35)	5–30	0.15**	−0.09**	−0.03	0.59**	(0.63)
(6) Support from superior	6.69 (2.94)	0–12	0.16**	0.04	−0.11**	0.45**	0.44**	(0.88)
(7) Support from colleagues	11.93 (2.99)	0–18	0.16**	0.04	−0.20**	0.30**	0.25**	0.55**	(0.82)
(8) Job autonomy	4.61 (1.56)	0–9	0.20**	−0.18**	−0.09**	0.19**	0.24**	0.29**	0.30**	(0.76)
(9) Skill discretion	9.33 (2.67)	0–15	0.21**	0.51**	−0.09**	0.10**	0.03	0.19**	0.19**	0.39**	(0.77)
(10) Resilience	34.51 (5.47)	9–45	0.41**	0.17**	−0.36**	0.13**	0.07**	0.11**	0.18**	0.205	0.26**	(0.91)
(11) Menopausal status (years)	6.32 (4.55)		−0.07**	−0.01	−0.02	0.07**	−0.01	0.00	0.05**	0.03	−0.03	0.00	–
(12) Age (years)	56.24 (3.82)		−0.09**	−0.02	−0.03	0.06*	−0.02	0.00	0.09**	0.05	−0.00	−0.03	0.53**	–

Notes: *p< 0.05, **p< 0.001; Cronbach’s alphas are reported in the diagonal in parentheses.

Table 2 Multiple Linear Regression (Dependent Variable: work ability)

	Step 1					Step 2
	B	Std. Error	Beta	t	p	B	Std. Error	Beta	t	p
Constant	31.10	1.10		28.10	0.0001	29.40	2.40		12.24	0.0001
Job demands	0.02	0.08	0.00	0.23	0.816	−0.05	0.08	−0.01	−0.60	0.543
Family–work conflict	−0.52	0.04	−0.30	−10.82	0.0001	−0.37	0.04	−0.21	−7.57	0.0001
Health-oriented organizational climate	0.72	0.20	0.12	3.53	0.0001	0.73	0.19	0.12	3.70	0.0001
Flexible working hours for health reasons	0.38	0.29	0.04	1.31	0.190	0.22	0.27	0.02	0.79	0.428
Support from superior	−0.01	0.05	−0.01	−0.21	0.829	0.00	0.05	0.00	−0.11	0.906
Support from colleagues	0.00	0.05	0.001	0.03	0.974	0.00	0.04	0.00	−0.11	0.908
Job autonomy	0.27	0.09	0.09	3.04	0.002	0.23	0.08	0.08	2.75	0.006
Skill discretion	0.21	0.05	0.13	3.72	0.0001	0.13	0.05	0.08	2.44	0.048
Resilience						0.23	0.02	0.28	9.66	0.0001
Duration of menopausal status (years)						−0.04	0.03	−0.04	−1.40	0.160
Age (years)						−0.09	0.03	−0.08	−2.68	0.007

Notes: R² step 1 = 0.19, F= 31.21, p= 0.0001; R² step 2 = 0.27, F= 35.66, p= 0.0001. ΔR² =0.080, F= 38.60, p= 0.0001.