TABLE 4.

Summary of Hierarchical Regression Analysis Predicting Maternal Negative 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)	.12	1.49	.15	1.83	.25	2.97*	.21	2.45*	.21	2.61**
Income/needs ratio	.05	2.14*	.04	2.03*	.04	1.90	.06	2.00*	.06	2.88**
Child characteristics
Attention			.19	.61	.66	2.09*	−.12	−.28	−.06	−.15
Distress			−.08	−1.76	−.07	−1.54
Gender (male)			−.02	−.28	−.01	−.21
Maternal qualities
Knowledge of development					.52	1.92	1.18	3.34**	1.19	3.46**
Positive engagement					.33	8.40**	.29	5.53**	.33	8.64**
Negative intrusiveness					.23	4.72**	.16	2.34*	.21	4.53**
Moderation of social context
Ethnicity × income							−.03	−.42
Ethnicity × attention							1.59	2.33*	1.35	2.20*
Ethnicity × knowledge of development							−1.26	−2.33*	−1.48	−2.97**
Ethnicity × positive engagement							.10	1.15
Ethnicity × negative intrusiveness							.12	1.15
Income × attention							.11	.52
Income × knowledge of development							.28	1.34
Income × positive engagement							−.05	−2.07*	−.06	−2.73**
Income × negative intrusiveness							.03	.96
R2	.027		.031		.106		.124		.120

p < .05.

^**p < .01.

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