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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Dev. 2010 May-Jun;81(3):988–1005. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01447.x

Table 6.

Multilevel Growth Models of Teacher-reports of Parent Involvement Predicting Social Skills and Problem Behaviors

Teacher-report SSRS Mother- report SSRS Teacher-report CBCL Mother-report CBCL

Intercept (SE) Slope (SE) Intercept (SE) Slope (SE) Intercept (SE) Slope (SE) Intercept (SE) Slope (SE)
Level-1
Parent involvement - 1.83** (0.47) - 0.14 (0.34) - -0.80* (0.31) - -0.04 (0.24)
Income-to needs ratio - -0.24 (0.18) - 0.14 (0.17) - 0.08 (0.13) - -0.03 (0.10)
Children in the household - 0.71 (0.87) - 0.98 (0.61) - -0.55 (0.54) - 0.26 (0.32)
Maternal marital status - -0.97 (1.33) - 1.12 (0.96) - 0.43 (0.72) - -1.05 (0.61)
Hours of maternal employment - -0.02 (0.03) - 0.03 (0.02) - 0.01 (0.02) - 0.01 (0.01)
Teacher experience - -0.01 (0.03) - -0.02 (0.02) - 0.00 (0.02) - 0.02 (0.01)
Classroom quality - 0.09* (0.04) - 0.03 (0.03) - -0.08** (0.02) - -0.02 (0.02)
Level-2
Intercept 102.93*** (0.31) 0.04* (0.01) 106.14*** (0.30) -0.05*** (0.01) 50.54*** (0.19) -0.01 (0.01) 47.53*** (0.20) -0.05*** (0.01)
Average Parent Involvement a 6.56*** (0.62) 0.03 (0.02) 2.58*** (0.64) .01 (0.02) -3.81*** (0.37) -0.01 (0.02) -0.83 (0.54) 0.01 (0.02)
Early Childhood Family Variables
Child Male -0.18 (0.62) -0.00 (0.02) 0.56 (0.67) -0.02 (0.02) -0.43 (0.47) -0.02 (0.01) -0.26 (0.37) 0.00 (0.01)
Child Black -2.17* (0.99) -0.03 (0.05) -2.50 (1.30) 0.06 (0.04) 1.10 (0.88) 0.03 (0.03) -0.86 (0.92) -0.02 (0.02)
Child Hispanic -0.23 (1.31) -0.08 (0.06) -0.97 (1.51) .01 (0.04) -0.17 (0.82) 0.03 (0.03) -1.53 (0.89) -0.03 (0.02)
Child other ethnicity 0.97 (1.56) -0.01 (0.06) -0.26 (1.45) -0.04 (0.04) -1.17 (1.01) -0.02 (0.03) -1.46 (1.21) -0.03 (0.03)
Maternal Age -0.10 (0.07) 0.00 (0.00) -0.00 (0.07) -0.00 (0.00) 0.04 (0.04) -0.00 (0.00) -0.08 (0.04) -0.00 (0.00)
Maternal Education 0.16 (0.18) -0.01 (0.01) 0.02 (0.19) -0.00 (0.01) 0.04 (0.15) 0.00 (0.00) 0.08 (0.12) -0.00 (0.00)
PPVT scoreb 0.02 (0.02) 0.00 (0.00) 0.07* (0.03) -0.00 (0.00) -0.02 (0.02) -0.00 (0.00) 0.02 (0.02) 0.00 (0.00)
Average early income-to-needsc -0.05 (0.17) 0.02* (0.01) -0.55** (0.20) 0.01* (0.00) -0.04 (0.14) -0.01 (0.01) 0.00 (0.11) 0.00 (0.00)
Average HOME scoresd 1.66* (0.61) -0.01 (0.02) 0.97 (0.66) 0.02 (0.02) -1.19* (0.50) 0.01 (0.02) -0.73* (0.36) 0.00 (0.01)
Early Outcome Score e 0.04 (0.03) -0.00 (0.00) 0.57*** (0.03) 0.00*** (0.00) 0.12*** (0.02) 0.00 (0.00) 0.64*** (0.02) -0.00 (0.00)
Middle Childhood Family Variables a
Average Marital status 1.13 (0.92) -0.07 (0.04) 0.39 (1.05) -0.00 (0.02) -1.06 (0.66) -0.01 (0.02) -0.60 (0.63) 0.02 (0.02)
Average Maternal Employment 0.06*** (0.02) 0.00 (0.00) 0.04* (0.02) -0.00 (0.00) -0.02 (0.02) -0.00 (0.00) -0.01 (0.01) 0.00 (0.00)
Average childhood income 0.09 (0.14) -0.01 (0.01) 0.41* (0.16) -0.00 (0.00) -0.06 (0.12) 0.01 (0.00) -0.27** (0.09) -0.00 (0.00)
Average children in home 0.85* (0.35) 0.00 (0.01) 0.10 (0.41) 0.01 (0.01) -0.53 (0.27) 0.00 (0.01) -0.72** (0.23) 0.00 (0.01)
Classroom Variables a
Average teacher experience 0.14* (0.06) 0.00 (0.00) -0.05 (0.05) -0.00 (0.00) -0.11** (0.04) -0.00* (0.00) 0.04 (0.04) -0.00 (0.00)
Average classroom quality 0.32** (0.10) 0.01 (0.01) 0.09 (0.12) -0.00 (0.00) -0.22** (0.07) -0.00 (0.00) -0.17* (0.08) 0.00 (0.01)

Note. N = 1364

a

Data from 1st, 3rd, and 5th

b

Data from 36 months of age

c

Data from 6-54 months of age

d

Data from 15-54 months of age

e

Data from 54 months of age

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.

***

p < .001