TABLE 5.

Hierarchical Regressions With and Without Test of Parenting Stress as a Mediator in Model for Maladaptive Parenting

		Aggression				Neglect
		Without Mediation Test		With Mediation Testa		Without Mediation Test		With Mediation Testa
	Step	Bb	R2c	B	R2	B	R2	B	R2
Covariates	1		.13*		.13*		.02		.02
Mother’s age		.01	.00	−.01	.00	.06	.00	.06	.00
Child’s age		.25	.05*	.27	.06*	.08	.00	.08	.00
Child’s genderd		−.26	.06*	−.27	.07*	−.09	.01	−.09	.01
Parenting stress	2				.34***				.37***
Child-focused				.26	.10***			.16	.03
Relationship-focused				.20	.02			.53	.28***
Parent-focused				−.02	.00			−.02	.00
Sociodemographic factors	3		.14**		.04		.12*		.04
Education level		−.21	.05*	−.05	.00	−.20	.03	−.07	.01
Occupation level		.11	.01	.09	.00	.20	.03	.19	.04
Family size		.32	.09**	20	.03	.27	.07*	.11	.01†
Psychological maladjustment	4		.09*		.06*		.12*		.04
Depression		−.20	.03	−.18	.02	−.17	02	−.10	.01
Anger		.30	.07**	.26	.04*	.21	.03	.14	.02
Loneliness		.13	.01	−.06	.00	.31	.07*	.17	.03
Total R2			.32		.57				.46

^aWith parenting stress tested as a mediator in Block 2.

^bStandardized beta weights.

^cValues presented in the first row of each block represent change in R²; values presented in subsequent rows of each block represent unique R².

^d0 = male, 1 = female.

^†p < .10.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.