Table 5.
Hierarchical Regressions Predicting Maternal Reports of Externalizing Behaviors from Adolescent Attachment Organization after Accounting for Related Covariates
| Externalizing Behaviors (Maternal Report) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Total | |||
| Predictors | β | R2 | ΔR2 |
| I: | |||
| Gender (1 = M, 2 = F) | −.09 | … | … |
| Race (1 = European American, 2 = African American) | −.10 | … | … |
| Family income | −.15 | … | … |
| … | .022 | .022 | |
| II: | |||
| Perceived self-worth (teen report) | −.19+ | … | … |
| Maternal control (maternal report) | −.15 | … | … |
| Relationship with mother (teen report) | −.18+ | … | … |
| .159** | .137*** | ||
| III: Security | −.19+ | .182** | .023+ |
| IV: Preoccupation | .03 | .183** | .001 |
| V: | |||
| Security × control | −.18* | … | … |
| Preoccupation × control | −.27** | … | … |
| Preoccupation × income | −.20* | … | … |
| … | .298*** | .115*** | |
Note: β weights are those taken from entry of variables into models. N = 115.
+
p < .10;
*
p < .05;
**
p ≤ .01;
***
p < .001.