Table 4.

Series of regression analyses for self-efficacy as mediator child’s total problems and total parental stress in fathers and mothers.

Regressions Predictors in fathers		R2	Adjusted R2	Model p	F	B	SE	β	t
Step 1 (predicting PS)	Family economic status, CTP	0.390	0.341	.002	7.994	2.817	0.759	0.591	3.710**
Step 2 (predicting PSE)	CTP	0.260	0.229	.008	8.414	−2.475	0.853	−0.509	−2.901**
Step 3 (predicting PS)	Family economic status, PSE	0.614	0.579	<.001	17.512	−0.782	0.137	−0.758	−5.697**
Step 4 (predicting PS)	Family economic status					1.505	0.727	0.299	2.070
	(1) CTP	0.680	0.634	<.001	14.845
	(2) PSE					−0.621	0.150	−0.602	−4.149**
Regressions Predictors in mothers		R2	Adjusted R2	Model p	F	B	SE	β	t
Step 1 (predicting PS)	Mother’s educational level, CTP	0.274	0.224	.010	5.465	1.254	0.541	0.383	2.319*
Step 2 (predictingPSE)	Time since diagnosis, CTP	0.310	0.252	.012	5.382	−1.632	0.769	−0.394	−2.122*
Step 3 (predicting PS)	Mother’s educational level, Time since diagnosis, PSE	0.262	0.166	.067	2.726	−0.278	0.152	−0.362	−1.827
Step 4 (predicting PS)	Time since diagnosis, Mother’s educational level					0.779	0.680	0.244	1.145
	(1) CTP	0.304	0.177	.081	2.401
	(2) PSE					−0.204	0.165	−0.264	−1.235

Data analysis: Hierarchical regressions; Family economic status, mother’s educational level and time since diagnosis were entered into the equations as control variables based on the ANOVA and correlations results.* Significant at the 0.05 level (p ≤ .05) ** Significant at the 0.01 level (p ≤.01) PS = Parenting Stress; PSE = Parenting Self-Efficacy; CTP = Children’s Total Problems.