Table 3.

Results of Multiple Linear Regression Analysis for the Prediction of Adolescent’s Depressive Symptoms

	Boys		Girls

Predictors	B (SE)	B	B (SE)	β

Risk Factors
Constant	13.1 (7.96)	-	14.61 (1.91)	-
Primary caretaker’s depressive symptoms ^‡	.42 (.19)	.32^*	-2.74 (2.09)	-.17
Adolescent’s verbal aggression ^†	-.15 (.39)	-.09	-.94 (4.0)	-.03
Primary caretaker’s verbal aggression ^‡	.31 (.37)	.19	6.03 (2.77)	.37^*
Family conflict ^†	.01 (1.13)	.000	1.33 (3.39)	.07
Protective Factors
Adolescent’s task-oriented coping ^†	-.09 (.09)	-.14	1.33 (3.39)	.07
Family cohesion ^†	-.62 (.84)	-.12	-14.61 (1.91)	-.86^***
Full model
Overall F	1.64 (NS)		4.9^**
Total R²	.18		.39
Adjusted R²	.07		.31

NOTE: B, SE, ß̣ are presented for the final model after all predictor variables have been entered.

p < .05.

^**

p < .01.

^***

p < .001.

^†

Adolescent report.

^‡

Primary caretaker report.