. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 26.

Published in final edited form as: Parent Sci Pract. 2008 Apr 1;8(2):117–152. doi: 10.1080/15295190802058900

TABLE 3.

Summary of Hierarchical Regression Analysis Predicting Maternal Positive Emotion Talk

	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 4		Final Model
Predictor variables	B	SE B	B	SE B	B	SE B	B	SE B	B	SE B
Social context
Ethnicity (African American)	.14	2.22^*	.16	2.41^*	.26	3.81^**	.22	3.23^**	.25	3.86^**
Income/needs ratio	.07	3.84^**	.07	3.80^**	.06	3.43^**	.08	3.86^**	.07	4.30^**
Child characteristics
Attention			−.18	−.72	.14	.55
Distress			−.06	−1.83	−.05	−1.39
Gender (male)			−.05	−1.15	−.03	−.71
Maternal qualities
Knowledge of development					.32	1.51
Positive engagement					.26	8.24^**	.29	6.83^**	.26	8.86^**
Negative intrusiveness					.07	1.92	.00	.09
Moderation of social context
Ethnicity × income							−.01	−.29
Ethnicity × positive engagement							−.03	−.41
Income × positive engagement							.12	1.50
Ethnicity × negative intrusiveness							.01	.44
Income × positive engagement							.04	1.55
R²		.037	.041		.102		.099		.094

p < .05.

^**

p < .01.

Control variables included maternal age and education, child age, and location of residence.