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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 9.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2008 Nov 3;68(1):89–99. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.09.033

Table 3.

Regression analyses: mothers’ perceived parenting stress across ages 3, 4, and 5 moderates the relation between child behavior problems at age 3 and mothers’ perceived health at age 5

Unstand. Beta (SE) Stand. Beta
STEP 3 (Final Model)
 Family income, age 3 .20 (.06) .27**
 Maternal education, age 3 .04 (.06) .05
 Child behavior problems, age 3 −.13 (.07) −.17†
 Maternal stress composite, ages 3, 4, & 5 .09 (.08) .11
 Behavior problems × Maternal stress interaction −.13 (.05) −.22**

Dependent variable: mothers’ self-reported health at child age 5.

Step 1: R2 Δ= .104, p < .001. Step 2: R2 Δ= .024, p = .06. Step 3: R2 Δ= .030, p = .007.

†

p < .10;

**

p < .01; df = 1203.