Table 4.

Predicting PTS Symptom Severity: 9/11-specific Parenting

			Media Restriction		Perceived Helpfulness		Explanatory Style
		β at entry	mother-rpt	child-rpt	mother-rpt	child-rpt	mother-rpt	child-rpt
Step 1: Covariates: ΔR2	.07t
Child Age		−.19*	−.16	−.18*	−.19*	−.18*	−.21*	−.16
Child Gender1		−.08	−.11	−.11	−.12	−.06	−.13	−.11
Child Ethnic Minority Status2		.04	.03	.02	.01	.02	.04	.04
Family Income		−.13	−.08	−.09	−.06	−.08	−.12	−.10
Step 2: Pre-9/11 Symptoms: ΔR2	.02
Maternal Depression		−.06	−.08	−.08	−.10	−.06	−.09	−.04
Child Total Problems		.17	.11	.11	.14	.08	.12	.09
Step 3: Pre-9/11 Parenting: ΔR2	.03
Acceptance/Rejection		−.17t	−.20*	−.17	−.09	−.21*	−.16	−.20*
Consistency		−.05	−.05	−.05	−.06	−.05	−.04	−.05
Step 4: 9/11-Specific Parenting: ΔR2			.01	.00	.03*	.03*	.07	.07
Media Restriction (Mother)			.10
Or Media Restriction (Child)				.01
Or Perceived Helpfulness (Mother)					−.20**
Or Perceived Helpfulness (Child)						.19*
Or Explanatory Style:
Passive							−.01	−.06
Fact-based							.00	.09
Emotional							−.04	.06
Reassuring							−.16	−.07
Self-focused							.22**	.19*

Note. Values are standardized beta coefficients at final step. Step 4 was conducted separately for each variable for a total of six regressions.

¹Coded female = 1 male = 2.

²Coded non-minority = 0 minority = 1.

^*p ≤ .05.

^**p ≤ .01.