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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Sep 18.
Published in final edited form as: Child Maltreat. 2008 Oct 29;14(4):299–315. doi: 10.1177/1077559508326355

Table 3.

Multivariate Relationships Between Personal Stressors and Neurocognitive Functioning, Ordinary Least Squares Standardized Betas

Model 1
Model 2
Model 3
Model 4
Model 5
Model 6
Model 7
Model 8
Ekman
Raven
Cambridge Decision-Making Task
Tower of London
Stroop
Stop-Change
Stop-Change
Behavioral Dysreg.
Emotion Attribution
Estimated IQ
Risky Decisions
Problem Solving
Cognitive Flexibility
Impulsivity: % Correct
Impulsivity: Reaction Time
ADHD Symptoms
β SE Unadj. p β SE Unadj. p β SE Unadj. p β SE Unadj. p β SE Unadj. p β SE Unadj. p β SE Unadj. p β SE Unadj. p
Personal stress
 Any abusea   .03 (0.09)   .5259 −.01 (0.44)   .7886 −.04 (0.002)   .4387 −.10 (0.004)   .0408   .06 (0.05)   .1991 −.04 (0.004)   .3838 −.05 (0.86)   .2781   .32*** (0.15) < .0001
 Any neglect −.18** (0.06)   .0002 −.11 (0.29)   .0325   .02 (0.001)   .5761 −.01 (0.003)   .8827 −.05 (0.03)   .3359 −.03 (0.003)   .6000 −.01 (0.57)   .8897 −.03 (0.10)   .4674
 Parent stress −.01 (0.10)   .8007 −.05 (0.49)   .2789 −.08 (0.002)   .0984 −.04 (0.004)   .4097   .01 (0.05)   .8277 −.06 (0.01)   .2214 −.07 (0.94)   .1593   .14*** (0.17)   .0009
 School stress −.05 (0.13)   .2639   .01 (0.60)   .8388 −.08 (0.003)   .1008   .01 (0.005)   .8960 −.05 (0.06)   .2832 −.04 (0.01)   .4502 −.07 (1.16)   .1264   .25*** (0.20) < .0001
 Parent education   .19*** (0.58) < .0001 .11* (2.78)   .0119   .06 (0.01)   .1517   .09 (0.02)   .0495   .02 (0.28)   .6087   .05 (0.03)   .2756   .08 (5.36)   .0651 −.04 (0.95)   .3190
R 2   .09   .04   .03   .03   .03   .05   .03   .22

Note: N = 552. Models control for child age and parent education.

a.

Physical and emotional abuse and physical and emotional neglect were both correlated at r > .5; therefore, a combined measure of each type was used for the multivariate analyses to reduce multicollinearity concerns.

Adjusted alpha:

*

p < .0125.

**

p < .00625.

***

p < .00125.