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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Appl Dev Psychol. 2009 May 1;30(3):321–331. doi: 10.1016/j.appdev.2008.12.018

Table 4.

Summary of regression analyses for maternal education, child gender, and mothers' sensitivity and control scores predicting children's behaviors (N = 119)

Model 1 Model 2
Dependent variable
Step/Predictor B ß R2Total F(2,116) B ß R2Total F(4, 114)

Child responsiveness
1 Gender 1.18 .23* .54 .10
     Mothers' education .28 .09 .06 3.73* −.08 −.03
2 Maternal sensitivity .81 .24*
     Maternal control −1.14 −.30** .29 10.941***
Child task involvement
1 Gender 1.58 .34*** 1.11 .24**
     Mother's education .13 .04 .12 7.97*** −.17 −.06
2 Maternal sensitivity .99 .33**
     Maternal Control −.50 −.15 .32 12.22***
Child communicative
1 Gender 1.24 .20* 1.21 .19*
     Mother's education .58 .15 .06 3.87* .47 .12
2 Maternal sensitivity 1.22 .30*
     Maternal control .80 .19 .11 3.61**
Child clean-up negativity
1 Gender −.07 −.17+ −.03 −.08
     Mother's education −.02 −.08 .04 2.14 −.01 −.01
2 Maternal sensitivity .01 .03
     Maternal control .10 .32** .14 4.59**
Maternal ratings PDR
1 Gender −2.12 −.20* −1.67 −.16+
     Mother's education −.22 −.03 .04 2.43+ −.14 −.125
2 Maternal sensitivity 1.68 .24*
     Maternal control 2.60 .33* .10 3.16*
+

p < .10.

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.

***

p < .001. (two-tailed) true?