Table 5 Hierarchical regression analysis with GAD-7 and PHQ-9 as dependent variables (n = 363)

Sex

0.107

2.812

0.005*

0.021

0.593

0.553

Age

0.004

0.106

0.916

− 0.020

-0.543

0.588

Education

− 0.018

-0.456

0.649

− 0.086

-2.315

0.021

Out of work

0.009

0.231

0.818

− 0.154

-4.098

< 0.001*

Mental health history

0.073

1.756

0.080

0.088

2.281

0.023

AAQ-II

0.302

5.004

< 0.001*

0.436

7.785

< 0.001*

MCQ-30

0.260

4.804

< 0.001*

0.108

2.144

0.033

FFMQ-24

− 0.197

-3.615

< 0.001*

− 0.158

-3.129

0.002*

Model 2

Adj. R²

R² ∆

Sign. F ∆

Adj. R²

R² ∆

Sign. F ∆

1. Demographics

0.12

0.13

< 0.001**

0.23

0.24

< 0.001**

2. Present-centered

0.24

0.12

< 0.001**

0.34

0.11

< 0.001**

3. Flexibility

0.44

0.20

< 0.001**

0.47

0.12

< 0.001**

Final step

β

t

P

β

t

p

Sex

0.141

3.532

< 0.001*

0.063

1.608

0.109

Age

− 0.005

-0.123

0.902

− 0.032

-0.802

0.423

Education

− 0.040

-0.950

0.343

− 0.099

-2.429

0.016

Out of work

− 0.009

-0.218

0.827

− 0.192

-4.669

< 0.001*

Mental health history

0.126

3.020

0.003*

0.171

4.165

< 0.001*

Present-centered

− 0.201

-4.719

< 0.001*

− 0.224

-5.384

< 0.001*

Flexibility

0.507

11.439

< 0.001*

0.395

9.123

< 0.001*