Table 5.

Regression Model Assessing the Association between Skin Color and Externalizing Behaviors among Girls

	Hyperactivity			Aggression
	b	SE	Beta	b	SE	Beta
Teacher-Rated Externalizing Behaviors
MA children (ref.: DA children)	0.01	1.23	0.00	−0.32	1.09	−0.04
Kindergarten (ref.: pre-kindergarten)	0.06	1.04	0.01	0.75	0.91	0.10
Family income-to-needs ratio	−0.59	0.63	−0.05	−0.45	0.54	−0.05
Skin color (ref.: honorary white)
Moderately dark	−0.35	0.50	−0.08	−0.37	0.47	−0.10
Collective black	1.17	0.98	0.27	0.61	0.91	0.16
Teacher-rated behavior problems at baseline	0.73	0.12	0.60***	0.68	0.10	0.63***
Moderately dark skin color × behavior problems at baseline	0.05	0.08	0.04	−0.03	0.06	−0.03
Collective black skin color × behavior problems at baseline	0.13	0.11	0.11	0.26	0.10	0.24*
Mother-Rated Externalizing Behaviors
MA children (ref.: DA children)	−1.46	1.02	−0.17	−1.30	0.98	−0.15
Kindergarten (ref.: pre-kindergarten)	2.17	0.81	0.25*	2.22	0.86	0.26*
Family income-to-needs ratio	−0.80	0.51	−0.08	0.20	0.57	0.02
Skin color (ref.: honorary white)
Moderately dark	−0.03	0.42	−0.01	0.46	0.44	0.11
Collective black	0.34	0.77	0.08	1.39	0.86	0.33
Mother-rated behavior problems at baseline	0.71	0.08	0.79***	0.59	0.07	0.58***
Moderately dark × behavior problems at baseline	−0.04	0.04	−0.05	0.04	0.05	0.04
Collective black × behavior problems at baseline	0.15	0.08	0.16	0.01	0.08	0.01

Note.

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

^***p < .001.