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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 5.
Published in final edited form as: Child Dev. 2002 Jul–Aug;73(4):1220–1237. doi: 10.1111/1467-8624.00468

Table 5. Peer Acceptance and Friendship as Moderators: Controlling for Child Characteristics.

Control Variables

Original Analyses Child Temperament Encoding Skill



Interaction βa CI βa CI βa CI
Ecological Disadvantage × Peer Acceptance −1.58** −2.60– −.55 −1.63** −2.68– −.58 −1.78*** −2.84– −.71
Marital Conflict × Peer Acceptance −2.54*** −3.97– −.11 −2.73*** −4.21– −1.24 −3.05*** −4.54– −1.55
Harsh Discipline × Peer Acceptance −1.18* −2.31– −.04 −1.37* −2.59– −.15 −1.10+ −2.30 to .10
Harsh Discipline × Friendship −.45* −.98– −.02 −.32 −.78–.14 −.41+ −.86–.04

Note: Ns ranged from 414 to 493.

a

Reflects the unstandardized β for the relevant Family Adversity × Peer Relationship interaction term. There was a 95% confidence interval (CI) for the unstandardized βs.

*

p < .05;

**

p < .01;

***

p < .001;

+

p < .10.