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Table 1

Description of Quality of Life (N=922)

Table 2

Predictors of Quality of Life

^*Missing value excluded.

Table 3

Summary of Hierarchical Regression Analysis for Variables Predicting Quality of life

^*p<.05; ^**p<.001.

Figure & Data

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