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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2007 Feb;40(2):127–134. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.10.006

Table 2.

Main Effects Model of Parental Education and Psychological Resources to Stress (n=1167)

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5
Total Beta (SE) Beta (SE) Beta (SE) Beta (SE) Beta (SE)
Age −0.14 (0.13) −0.10 (0.13) 0.02 (0.13) 0.04 (0.12) 0.10 (0.12)
Black 0.93 (0.42) * 0.43 (0.42) 0.80 (0.43) 0.40 (0.40) 0.65 (0.41)
Female 2.58 (0.41) *** 2.65 (0.41) *** 2.93 (0.43) *** 2.82 (0.39) *** 3.01 (0.39) ***
Parental education
 HS graduate or less 3.19 (0.65) *** 2.92 (0.63) *** 2.15 (0.61) ** 2.07 (0.61) **
 > high school, <college 1.94 (0.63) ** 1.80 (0.61) ** 1.07 (0.59) 1.07 (0.58)
 College graduate 1.70 (0.64) ** 1.72 (0.61) * 1.11 (0.61) 1.19 (0.59) *
 Professional degree
Optimism −0.58 (0.06) *** −0.52 (0.06) ***
Engagement coping −0.19 (0.03) *** −0.13 (0.03) ***
Disengagement coping 0.09 (0.03) ** 0.06 (0.03) *

Likelihood Ratio Test Statistic (DF) 25.95 (3)*** 55.66 (2)*** 122.96 (1)*** 29.26 (2)***
Comparison Model Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
***

=p<0.0001,

**

= p<0.01,

*

= p<0.05

HS=high school; SD=standard deviation; DF=degrees of freedom