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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Dev. 2009 May–Jun;80(3):762–775. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01296.x

Table 3.

Hierarchical Regression Analyses Predicting Social Emotional Outcomes

Behavior Problems 24 MO
Behavior Problems 36 MO
B SE Beta ΔR2 B SE Beta ΔR2
Step 1: df= 5, 370 .18 15.96** .21 19.78**
        Average Income-to-needs Ratio −.06 .05 −.06 −.04 .05 −.05
        Mother's Education −.16 .06 −.16** −.17 .06 −.16**
        Mother's Ethnicitya .97 .34 .14** .46 .33 .07
        Maternal Depression .07 .01 .25** .09 .01 .29**
        Concurrent Maternal Sensitivity −.08 .08 −.06 −.12 .05 −.13*
Step 2: df= 8, 367 .07 12.10** .06 10.40**
        Infant Temperament 1.55 .28 .26** 1.49 .28 .24**
        Sensitivity to Non-distress .30 .23 .09 .26 .23 .08
        Sensitivity to Distress −.53 .20 −.16** −.39 .20 −.12*
Step 3: df= 11, 364 .01 .98 .01 .87
        Sensitivity to Non-distress X Temperament −.13 .49 −.02 −.05 .49 −.01
        Sensitivity to Distress X Temperament −.51 .47 −.07 −.41 .47 −.06
        Sensitivity to Non-distress X Sensitivity to Distress .02 .19 .01 .18 .19 .04
Social Competence 24 MO
Social Competence 36 MO
B SE Beta ΔR2 B SE Beta ΔR2
Step 1: df= 5, 370 .14 12.25** .14 12.29**
        Average Income-to-needs Ratio .08 .04 .12* .03 .04 .04
        Mother's Education .06 .04 .09 .11 .04 .15**
        Mother's Ethnicitya −.51 .24 −.11* −.38 .23 −.08
        Maternal Depression −.02 .01 −.08 −.03 .01 −.14**
        Concurrent Maternal Sensitivity .18 .05 .18** .10 .03 .16**
Step 2: df= 8, 367 .05 7.95** .03 4.65**
        Infant Temperament −.82 .20 −.20** −.71 .20 −.17**
        Sensitivity to Non-distress −.30 .16 −.13 −.10 .16 −.04
        Sensitivity to Distress .39 .14 .18** .20 .14 .09
Step 3: df= 11, 364 .00 .60 .00 .66
        Sensitivity to Non-Distress X Temperament −.46 .35 −.08 −.36 .35 −.07
        Sensitivity to Distress X Temperament .36 .34 .07 .47 .34 .09
        Sensitivity to Non-Distress X Sensitivity to Distress .01 .14 .00 −.02 .14 −.01
Affect Dysregulation 24 MO
Affect Dysregulation 36 MO
B SE Beta ΔR2 B SE Beta ΔR2
Step 1: df= 6, 369 .21 15.91** .06 4.00**
        Average Income-to-needs Ratio .01 .02 .02 .01 .02 .00
        Mother's Education −.01 .03 −.03 −.01 .03 −.04
        Mother's Ethnicitya −.26 .14 −.09 −.08 .14 −.03
        Maternal Depression −.01 .01 −.06 .00 .01 .03
        Concurrent Maternal Sensitivity .01 .03 .02 .01 .02 .03
        Negative Maternal Behavior Compliance Task .21 .02 .48** .11 .02 .25**
Step 2: df= 9, 366 .01 .99 .00 .13
        Infant Temperament .12 .12 .05 −.06 .12 −.02
        Sensitivity to Non-distress .09 .10 .07 −.05 .10 −.03
        Sensitivity to Distress .02 .09 .01 .02 .09 .02
Step 3: df= 12, 363 .02 2.64* .04 4.71**
        Sensitivity to Non-Distress X Temperament .30 .20 .09 .46 .21 .15*
        Sensitivity to Distress X Temperament −.50 .20 −.16** −.43 .20 −.15*
        Sensitivity to Non-Distress X Sensitivity to Distress −.11 .08 −.06 −.25 .08 −.15**
a

Mother's ethnicity dummy coded 0= European-American, 1= non European-American.

*

p≤.05.

**

p≤.01.