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Table 3 Data from the Multiple Regression Analysis detailing the effect of role, gender, age and duration of the relationship on the perceptions of participants (n = 194)

From: High enthusiasm about long lasting mentoring relationships and older mentors

Dependent variables (IMRI subscales)

Independent variables of informal mentoring relationship

Intercept

Role

0 Protégé (n. 91)

1 Mentor (n. 103)

Gender

0 Male (n. 92)

1 Female (n. 102)

Age

(in years)

LgDur (+ 1 means duration × 10)

b

p

b

sc

p

b

sc

p

b

sc

p

b

sc

p

Acceptance

3.42

.001

.399

.24

.012

      

.355

.18

.008

Counselling

3.45

.001

.393

.23

.011

   

.020

.25

.007

.438

.22

.001

Friendship

3.03

.001

.489

.27

.003

.262

.15

.028

   

.515

.25

.001

Parenting

3.54

.001

      

.027

.29

.003

.349

.15

.036

Psychosocial support

3.61

.001

         

.368

.17

.019

Role Modelling

3.54

.001

         

.506

.28

.001

Social

2.64

.001

         

.343

.15

.039

  1. Note: The table only presents significant effects; the interactions ‘RoleAge’ and ‘RoleLgDur’ resulted non-significant, and were therefore omitted
  2. b: regression coefficient
  3. sc: standard regression coefficient (not defined for the Intercept)
  4. p: two-sided p value of the t-test against b = 0