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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 7.
Published in final edited form as: Child Dev. 2009 Mar–Apr;80(2):578–592. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01280.x

Table 3.

SCLR as a Moderator of Parent-Reported Harsh Parenting

Predictors Externalizing behavior (parent report)
Stress task
Challenge task
βstep ΔF ΔR2 βstep ΔF ΔR2
Step 1
 Age .02 2.13 .06 .04 2.08 .06
 Sex −.08 −.07
 Ethnicity −.06 −.05
 Socioeconomic status −.10 −.12
 Internalizing symptoms .14* .13
 Marital conflict .14* .14*
Step 2
 Harsh parenting (parent report) .45*** 29.04 .20*** .46*** 28.38 .20***
 SCLR −.16* −.12*
Step 3
 Harsh Parenting × SCLR −.14* 5.30 .02* −.20** 11.02 .04**
Step 4
 Harsh Parenting × Sex −.11 1.15 .01 −.12 2.08 .01
 SCLR × Sex .05 .11
Step 5
 Harsh Parenting × SCLR × Sex .17* 4.55 .02* .00 0.00 .00

Note. n = 221 for stress task analysis; n = 223 for challenge task analysis. For gender, boys are coded as 0 and girls are coded as 1. For ethnicity, European Americans are coded as 0 and African Americans are coded as 1. SCLR = skin conductance level reactivity.

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.

***

p < .001.

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