Table 4.
Summary of linear regression analyses of demographic, physical environmental, and maternal behavior variables (assessed at child’s age 3) predicting child externalizing behaviors reported by mothers (at child’s age 4) and by teachers (at child’s age 5)
| Maternal Reported Externalizing (age 4) | Teacher Reported Externalizing (age 5) | |||||
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| Variable | B | SE B | β | B | SE B | ? |
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| Socioeconomic Status | -.41 | 1.10 | -.04 | 2.12 | 1.96 | .14 |
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| Child Ethnicity | -2.13 | 1.35 | -.16 | 4.33 | 2.31 | .24 |
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| Step 2 | ||||||
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| Socioeconomic Status | .21 | 1.07 | .02 | 2.26 | 1.90 | .15 |
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| Child Ethnicity | -1.64 | 1.26 | -.13 | 3.67 | 2.18 | .20 |
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| Maternal Monitoring | -1.52 | .79 | -.19 | -3.41 | 1.40 | -.28* |
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| Neighborhood Quality | -.74 | .80 | -.09 | -1.28 | 1.38 | -.11 |
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| Overcrowding in home | -2.57 | 5.87 | -.04 | -18.25 | 10.22 | -.21 |
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| Chaos in home | .82 | .21 | .37** | .98 | .38 | .29** |
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| Step 3 | ||||||
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| Socioeconomic Status | .33 | 1.09 | .03 | 2.17 | 1.86 | .14 |
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| Child Ethnicity | -1.36 | 1.26 | -.11 | 4.41 | 2.21 | .24* |
| Maternal Monitoring | -2.71 | 1.49 | -.34 | -3.35 | 3.25 | -.27 |
| Neighborhood Quality | -3.99 | 1.79 | -.49* | -6.97 | 2.83 | -.58* |
| Overcrowding in home | -14.91 | 10.69 | -.25 | -46.29 | 18.62 | -.54* |
| Chaos in home | .89 | .30 | .40** | 1.27 | .55 | .38* |
| Maternal Monitoring × Neighborhood Quality | 1.47 | .76 | .42* | 2.945 | 1.35 | .54* |
| Maternal Monitoring × Chaos | -.05 | .13 | -.06 | -.22 | .23 | -.17 |
| Maternal Monitoring × Overcrowding in the home | 6.38 | 5.23 | .23 | 13.82 | 8.77 | .35 |
Note. Maternal Reported Externalizing Behavior: F(9, 88) = 3.23, p < .002, R2 = .19;
Teacher Reported Externalizing Behavior: F(9, 58) = 3.56, p < .002, <R2 = .28.
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.