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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 5.

Regression analyses: mothers’ depressive symptoms at child age 4 mediate the relation between age 3 child behavior problems and age 5 maternal physical health

Combined sample (df = 1207)
 Delayed sample (df = 185)
Unstand. Beta (SE) Stand. Beta Unstand. Beta (SE) Stand. Beta
STEP 1
 Family income, age 3 .22 (.06) .28*** .26 (.09) .33**
 Maternal education, age 3 .06 (.06) .08 .04 (.10) .04
STEP 2
 Family income, age 3 .20 (.06) .26** .19 (.09) .24*
 Maternal education, age 3 .04 (.06) .06 .06 (.09) .07
 Child behavior problems, age 3 −.12 (.05) −.16* −.29 (.08) −.35***
STEP 3
 Family income, age 3 .16 (.06) .21** .16 (.09) .20†
 Maternal education, age 3 .05 (.06) .06 .08 (.09) .09
 Child behavior problems, age 3 −.02 (.05) −.03 −.19 (.09) −.24*
 CES-D depressive symptoms, age 4 −.27 (.05) −.25*** −.20 (.09) −.25*

Combined Sample: Step 1: R2 Δ= .108, p < .001. Step 2: R2 Δ= .024, p = .018. Step 3: R2 Δ= .010, p < .001.

Sample of children with developmental delays: Step 1: R2 Δ= .125, p = .003. Step 2: R2 Δ= .118, p < .001. Step 3: R2 Δ= .044, p = .024.

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

†

p < .10;

*

p < .05;

**

p < .01;

***

p < .001.