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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc. 2008 Aug 10;32(3):535–553. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2008.06.011

Table 5.

Results of Linear Regression Analyses Assessing the Mediational Effects of Social Competence and Social Support on the Associations between Psychopathology Risk Groups and Parent-Reported Global Function: Steps 3 and 4 of the Mediation Model

Potential Mediator
 Psychopathology Risk Group for which prior steps of the mediation model were satisfied		 Unstandardized β (SE) for risk group WITHOUT potential mediator in model Standardized β for risk group WITHOUT potential mediator in model Unstandardized β (SE) for risk group WITH potential mediator in the model Standardized β for risk group WITH potential mediator in model Sobel t
Social Problems
Teacher-Reported Social Problems
 COMORBID 2.20 (0.63) 0.14 1.89 (0.64) 0.12 2.44*
Parent-reported Social Problems
 COMORBID 2.20 (0.63) 0.14 1.66 (0.62) 0.11 3.52***
Social Support
Friend / Peer Social Support.
 COMORBID 2.20 (0.63) 0.14 2.04 (0.65) 0.13 0.97
Family / Teacher Social Support
 CONDUCT ONLY 2.18 (0.84) 0.10 2.15 (0.85) 0.10 0.32
 COMORBID 2.20 (0.63) 0.14 2.14 (0.66) 0.14 0.33

Note. For all analyses, n= 521; df=10, 510. Covariates in the analyses were age, sex, family income, race, and a dichotomized score indicating low 6th grade global functioning (CIS > 15).

*

p <.05.

**

p <.01.

***

p <.001.