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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2004 May;45(4):801–812. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2004.00273.x

Table 3.

Regressions examining race as a moderator of the link between physical discipline and adolescent externalizing behaviors in Grade 11

Step Predictor YSR externalizinga CBCL externalizingb Reactive/Proactive
aggressiona
Reactive/Proactive
aggressionb
Violencea School troublea Police troublea







β ΔR2 β ΔR2 β ΔR2 β ΔR2 β ΔR2 β ΔR2 β ΔR2
1 Race −.01 .06** .01 .12*** .10 .14*** −.07 .09*** .05 .10*** .06 .10*** .06 .08***
Gender −.03 .00 −.30*** −.05 −.21*** −.11* −.16**
Parent marital status −.16** −.18** −.11* −.11* −.11* −.19*** −.12*
SES −.02 −.16** −.07 −.17** −.06 −.10 −.08
Difficult temperament −.04 .06 .01 .03 −.03 .00 .00
Unadaptable −.13* −.08 −.04 −.10 −.12* −.06 −.13*
Resistance to control .14* .14* .04 .19** .11 .08 .02
2 Early physical discipline .05 .00 .17** .03** .06 .00 .16** .02** .03 .00 .09 .01 .02 .00
3 Early discipline × Race −.12* .01* −.07 .00 −.07 .00 −.01 .00 −.09 .01 −.17** .02** −.12* .01*
2 Adolescent physical discipline .00 .00 .14** .02** .06 .00 .08 .01 .00 .00 −.02 .00 −.13* .01*
3 Adolescent discipline × Race −.16* .02* −.14* .01* −.16* .01* −.15* .01* −.21** .03** −.16* .02* −.18** .02**

Note: Sample size ranges from 362 to 411.

a

Adolescent reported.

b

Mother reported.

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.

***

p < .001.