Table 2.

Hierarchical multiple regression model predicting psychological adaptation.

Predictors	Step 1	Step 2	Step 3
Demographic variables
Age	0.251**	0.208*	0.228**
Gender	0.034	0.035	0.027
Education level	−0.270**	−0.177	−0.167
Region	0.221***	0.171**	0.172**
Length of residence	0.196**	0.048	0.018
Identity-related variables
Language proficiency		0.089	0.002
Identity		0.273***	0.227***
Intergroup-related variables
Intergroup contact			0.077
Quality of contact			0.246***
Adjusted R2	0.108	0.176	0.237
R2	0.126	0.199	0.264
R2 change	0.126***	0.073***	0.065***

N = 255. Gender 1 = male, 0 = female; Region 1 = southern China, 0 = northern China; Cell entries are standardized beta weights for each step. ^***p < 0.001; ^**p < 0.01; ^*p < 0.05.