Table 4.

Hierarchical Regression Analysis Results Predicting Moderate Physically Violent Parental Practices

Predicting factors	ß	t	p	Adjusted R2	R2 change
Step 1				.27
Cultural context    Cameroon – Togo    Switzerland – Togo
	.07	0.80	.42
	-.67	-5.82	< .001
Parent’s gender    Male – Female	-.19	-2.39	< .05
Child’s gender    Male – Female	.20	2.81	< .01
Step 2				.31	.04
Childhood physical abuse	.20	5.31	< .001
Step 3				.34	.04
Attitudes in favor of CP	.25	5.37	< .001

For the parental attitudes in favor of CP variable, a higher score indicates more attitude in favor of CP

* p < .05; ** p < .01; *** p < .001