The psychological wellbeing within the veterinary profession in Sweden

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Table 1. Pearson correlations between the predictors, and between the predictors and the dependent variable (psychological wellbeing), means and standard deviations.

Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M (SD)
1. WB	—															58.61	(12.88)
2. Gender	−.153*	—														–	–
3. Age	.248***	−.146*	—													42.66	(11.09)
4. WH	−.063	−.169**	−.131*	—												39.30	(10.69)
5. YoP	.261***	−.155**	.916***	−.152*	—											14.89	(10.53)
6. WLB	−.674***	.016	−.230***	.254***	−.232***	—										3.62	(1.42)
7. WEMS	−.657***	.124*	−.129*	.028	−.128*	.643***	—									47.64	(13.52)
8. SS	.420***	−.053	−.165**	−.119*	−.137*	−.276***	−.303***	—								65.09	(15.69)
9. EC	.033	.137*	−.077	−.060	−.077	.039	.021	.203***	—							27.97	(3.95)
10. PD	−.286***	.074	−.236***	−.041	−.235***	.143*	.204***	−.055	.055	—						17.02	(4.72)
11. Cexpect	−.463***	.137*	−.216***	.095	−.229***	.363***	.398***	−.190**	−.033	.060	—					3.26	(0.73)
12. CStress	−.522***	.091	−.331***	−.014	−.346***	.406***	.446***	−.172**	−.050	.307***	.559***	—				2.78	(0.93)
13. Dream	−.005	.108	−.138*	.007	−.156**	−.023	−.102	.081	.086	.013	.106	.029	—			6.02	(1.36)
14. EF	−.133*	.002	−.249***	.161**	−.205***	.158**	.140*	−.006	−.013	−.011	.275***	.224***	.113	—		3.22	(2.57)
15. Estress	−.238***	−.080	.043	−.049	.010	.192**	.287***	−.089	.146	.246***	.161**	.307***	−.018	−.074	—	2.75	(1.75)
16. OEF	−.131*	.064	−.127*	−.003	−.133*	.107	.137*	−.006	.071	.181**	.118*	.200***	.033	.074	.284***	1.79	(1.20)

Note: WB: psychological wellbeing: WH: working hours (weekly): YoP: years of practicing; WLB: work life balance: WEMS: Work Experiences Measurement Scale; SS: social support; EC: empathic concern; PD: personal distress; CExpect: client expectations are unrealistic; CStress: experiencing client-interactions as stressful; Dream: “dream to work with animals”; EF: euthanasia frequency; EStress: experiencing euthanasia as stressful; OEF: objectionable euthanasia frequency.

*p < .05, ** p < .01, ***p < .001

Table 2. Hierarchical regression analysis predicting psychological wellbeing.

Model		Unstand.β (CI 95)		SE	Standard.β	t	p
H₀	(Intercept)	80.913	(70.532/91.294)	4.326		11.935	<.001
	Gender	−3.096	(−6.548/0.356)	1.753	−0.068	−1.766	.079
	Year of practicing	0.160	(0.061/0.258)	0.050	0.130	3.203	.002
	WEMS	−0.285	(−0.379/−0.190)	0.048	−0.299	−5.935	<.001
	WLB	−3.328	(−4.230/−2.426)	0.458	−0.367	−7.262	<.001
	Personal distress	−0.338	(−0.548/−0.129)	0.106	−0.124	−3.180	.002
	Social support	0.194	(0.128/0.259)	0.033	0.236	5.854	<.001
H₁	(Intercept)	88.387	(77.528/99.247)	5.516		16.025	<.001
	Gender	−2.753	(−6.171/0.664)	1.736	−0.060	−1.586	.114
	Year of practicing	0.109	(0.008/0.210)	0.051	0.089	2.117	.035
	WEMS	−0.228	(−0.325/−0.132)	0.049	−0.240	−4.650	<.001
	WLB	−3.079	(−3.966/−0.2.192)	0.450	−0.340	−6.835	<.001
	Personal distress	−0.300	(−0.515/−0.084)	0.109	−0.110	−2.737	.007
	Social support	0.177	(0.113/0.241)	0.033	0.216	5.449	<.001
	Unrealistic clients	−2.046	(−3.695/−0.397)	0.837	−0.113	−2.443	.015
	Client-interactions stressful	−1.547	(−2.93/−0.158)	0.706	−0.111	−2.193	.029
	Objectionable euthanasia	0.134	(−0.683/0.951)	0.415	0.012	0.323	.747
	Euthanasia as stressful	−0.085	(−0.690/0.520)	0.307	−0.012	−0.277	.782
	Euthanasia frequency	0.136	(−0.248/0.519)	0.195	0.027	0.695	.487

Note: WLB: work life balance: WEMS: Work Experiences Measurement Scale; unrealistic clients: client expectations are unrealistic; client-interactions stressful: experiencing client-interactions as stressful; objectionable euthanasia: frequency of objectionable euthanasia; euthanasia as stressful: experiencing euthanasia as stressful.