Table 6.

Hierarchical linear regressions including ethnicity predicting maternal report of children’s age 3.5 externalizing behavior in Sample 2

	Distraction			Physical Comfort Seeking			Self-Soothing			Focus on Delay Object
	B	SE	β	B	SE	β	B	SE	β	B	SE	β
Step 1
Mother ethnicity (0 = EA)	−0.48	1.48	−.03	−0.37	1.48	−.02	−0.45	1.48	−.03	−0.50	1.48	−.03
Per-capita income (Centered)	−0.01	0.01	−.08	−0.00	0.01	−.07	−0.01	0.01	−.08	−0.01	0.01	−.08
Neg. emot. (centered)	0.40	0.11	.34**	0.40	0.11	.34**	0.40	0.11	.34**	0.40	0.11	.34**
Age 2 external. behav. (centered)	0.22	0.11	.18*	0.23	0.11	.18*	0.22	0.11	.18*	0.22	0.11	.18*
Strategy (centered)	0.42	1.91	.02	−2.91	2.74	−.09	−5.46	10.49	−.05	−0.91	2.02	−.04
Step 2
Mother ethnicity (0 = EA)	−0.45	1.49	−.02	−0.27	1.47	−.02	−0.66	1.47	−.04	−0.43	1.49	−.03
Per-capita income (centered)	−20.00	0.01	−.07	−0.00	0.01	−.05	−0.01	0.01	−.09	−0.00	0.01	−.07
Neg. emot. (centered)	0.40	0.11	.34**	0.39	0.11	.33**	0.40	0.11	.34**	0.41	0.11	.35**
Age 2 external. behav. (centered)	0.22	0.11	.18*	0.22	0.11	.18*	0.23	0.11	.19*	0.22	0.11	.18*
Strategy (centered)	1.22	2.62	.06	−7.45	3.93	−.23	14.65	15.18	.12	−2.49	2.74	−.11
Strategy (Centered) × Ethnicity	−1.71	3.85	−.05	8.72	5.43	.20†	−37.89	20.88	− .23†	3.46	4.06	.10

Note: Distraction: overall F (6, 117) = 4.07, p < .001; Step 1: R² = .14, p < .001; Step 2: ΔR² = .00, ns. Physical comfort seeking: overall F (6, 117) = 5.14, p < .001; Step 1: R² = .15, p < .001; Step 2: ΔR² = .02, ns. Self-soothing:overall F (6, 117) = 4.74, p < .001; Step 1:R² = .14, p < .001; Step 2: ΔR² = .02, ns. Focus on delay object: overall F (6, 117) = 4.12, p < .001; Step 1: R² = .14, p < .001; Step 2: ΔR² = .01, ns.

^† p < .10.

^* p < .05.

^** p < .01.