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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 14.
Published in final edited form as: Youth Soc. 2008 Mar 1;39(3):294–315. doi: 10.1177/0044118X07301952

Table 2.

Standardized Regression Coefficients for Depression Regressed on Weight, Weight Gain, and Ethnic Identity Variables

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
Independent Variables β Sig. β Sig. β Sig.
Recent Weight Gain .214 *** .216 *** .217 ***
Body Weight .102 * .103 * .102 *
Pubertal Status .001 .004 .002
Family Class Status −.066 −.067 −.068
Authoritative Parenting −.227 *** −.225 *** −.225 ***
Ethnic Identity −.038 −.038 −.034
Association w. Non-African
Americans
.154 ** .154 ** .155 **
% African American in Block
Group
−.086 + −.085 −.087 +
Rct Wt Gn* Ethnic Identity −.010 ---
Rct Wt Gn* Assoc w. Non-AA .005 ---
Rct Wt Gn* % AA in BG −.034 ---
Body Weight* Ethnic Identity −.011
Body Weight* Assoc w. Non-AA −.003
Body Weight* % AA in BG −.044

Adj R2 14% 13% 13%
+

p<.10

*

p<.05

**

p<.01

***

p<.001