Table 3.

Hierarchical Regression Models Predicting Child Internalizing Symptoms

	Anxiety				Depression				Internalizing symptoms
	β	95% CI	R2	R2Δ	β	95% CI	R2	R2Δ	β	95% CI	R2	R2Δ
Step 1:			.021				.017				−.004
Age	−.15**	[2.84, −0.69]			−.14**	[−2.55, −0.56]			.00	[−.1.20, 1.28]
Sex	−.09†	[−3.89, 0.03]			−.07	[−3.14, 0.50]			.02	[−.1.83, 2.75]
Step 2:			.021	.024			.034	.040†			.027	.056*
Sexual abuse	−.01	[−3.98, 3.23]			.07	[−.1.16, 0.66]			−.06	[−6.49, 2.30]
Physical abuse	.08	[−.1.11, 4.76]			.09	[−0.80, 4.65]			−.10	[−6.18, 0.81]
Supervisory neglect	.01	[−3.26, 3.83]			.04	[−2.42, 4.16]			−.10	[−7.73, 0.81]
Emotional abuse	−.01	[−2.92, 2.57]			−.02	[−2.99, 2.11]			−.05	[−4.30, 2.08]
Multiple maltreatment	.00	[−.1.89, 1.97]			−.02	[−.1.92, 1.68]			.13	[−0.70, 3.81]
Placement type	.06	[−0.89, 3.19]			.06	[−0.63, 3.17]			.18**	[1.82, 6.64]
Caregiver transitions	.07	[−0.13, 0.86]			.09†	[−0.05, 0.87]			.05	[−0.28, 0.87]
Frequency of contact	−.01	[−0.94, 0.74]			.01	[−0.68, 0.88]			.03	[−0.70, 1.25]
Length in out-of-home care	−.09	[−0.62, 0.08]			.00	[−0.32, 0.33]			−.09	[−0.69, 0.11]
Length of current placement	.07	[−0.12, 0.52]			.06	[−0.16, 0.43]			.07	[−0.14, 0.56]
Step 3:			.132	.112***			.136	.103***			.057	.034**
AQ with substitute caregiver	−.29***	[−0.80, −0.41]			−.28***	[−0.73, −0.37]			−.14**	[−0.53, −0.09]
AQ with biological parent	−.15**	[−0.38, −0.09]			−.14**	[−0.35, −0.07]			−.12*	[−0.36, −0.03]
Step 4:			.132	.002			.140	.006†			.055	.001
AQ with substitute caregiver X AQ with biological parent	.05	[−0.01, 0.04]			.08†	[−0.004, 0.04]			−.03	[−0.04, 0.02]

Note. AQ = Attachment quality. Standardized betas and adjusted R² are reported.

^†p<.10

^*p<.05

^**p<.01

^***p<.001