Table 5.

Regression predicting children’s pre-hearing emotional reaction to attending their hearing and the judge’s decision

Step and predictor	ΔR2	Standardized βs
		Step 1	Step 2	Step3
Step 1	.03
Age at study		−.03	−.15	−.34*
Time in system		.17	.46**	.46**
Step 2	.10**
Age × time in system		–	−.43**	−.51**
Step 3	.14**	–	–	−.09
Definition accuracy
Open-ended story accuracy		–	–	.45**
Close-ended story accuracy		–	–	−.01

Emotional reactions scored on a five-point face scale (1 = very negative and 5 = very positive). Children’s definition accuracy was scored on a three-point scale (0 = not correct, 1 = partially correct, 2 = correct). Children’s open-ended story accuracy and close-ended story accuracy were scored on a two-point scale (0 = not correct, 1 = correct).

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01.