. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Jan 17.

Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychopathol. 2003;15(2):451–467. doi: 10.1017/S0954579403000245

Table 3.

Predicting adolescent soft drug use and early sexual intercourse

	B	ΔR²	Total R²
Soft Drug Use
Step I
Gender (1 = M; 2 = F)	.05
Minority group membership	−.22^†
Family income	.03	.053	.053
Step II
Adolescent attachment preoccupation	.09	.008	.061
Step III
Maternal promotion of autonomy	.17^†	.025^†	.086^†
Step IV
Adolescent preoccupation × maternal autonomy	.27^**	.065^**	.151^**
Early Sexual Behavior
Step I
Gender (1 = M; 2 = F)	−.05
Minority group membership	.08
Family income	−.12	.030	.030
Step II
Adolescent attachment preoccupation	.00	.002	.032
Step III
Maternal promotion of autonomy	.14	.017	.049
Step IV
Adolescent preoccupation × maternal autonomy	.23^**	.061^**	.110^*

Note: The beta weights are from the variable’s entry into the model (N = 110–118).

^**

p ≤ .01.

p < .05.

^†

p < .10.