Table 5.

Hierarchy regression analysis of possible predictors of psychological adjustment difficulties in adolescence based on summative scores of third-grade high-school students from western Herzegovina on Youth Self-Report subscales and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale*

Added group of predictors†	Youth Self-report subscales and Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale‡
	anxiety/depression		withdrawal		somatic complaints		social problems		thought problems		ADHD§		rule-breaking behavior		aggression		self-esteem
	R║	Δ R2¶	R	Δ R2	R±	Δ R2	R±	Δ R2	R±	Δ R2	R±	Δ R2	R±	Δ R2	R±	Δ R2	R±	Δ R2
Demographic	0.331	0.109**	0.214	0.046	0.343	0.118**	0.193	0.037	0.236	0.056	0.208	0.043**	0.228	0.052	0.220	0.048	0.143	0.020
Demographic + family	0.364	0.023	0.320	0.056**	0.362	0.014	0.334	0.074**	0.301	0.035**	0.342	0.074	0.331	0.057**	0.335	0.064**	0.320	0.082**
Demographic + family + maltreatment	0.456	0.076**	0.389	0.049**	0.437	0.059**	0.417	0.063**	0.368	0.045**	0.439	0.076**	0.393	0.045**	0.437	0.078**	0.371	0.035
Explained variance (%)	18.0		12.0		16.0		15.0		11.0		17.0		13.0		16.0		11.0

*A new group of predictors was added in each further step of the analysis.

†Demographic variables included sex, number of family members, number of children in the family, mother’s age, father’s age, mother’s employment, father’s employment, and father’s alcoholism; family variables included levels of family cohesion and adaptability; maltreatment variables included emotional maltreatment, physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, and witnessing family violence.

‡P<0.01 for all correlation coefficients.

§ADHD – attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder.

║Multiple correlation coefficient.

¶Percentage of variance explained by the inclusion of new group of predictors.

**P<0.001.