TABLE 3.
Children's Anger Proneness at Toddler Age (25-38 Months) as a Moderator of Links between Fathers’ Personality Traits and Positive Parenting at Kindergarten Age (67 Months)
| Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Predictor(s) Entered | Beta | B | SE B | Beta | B | SE B | Beta | B | SE B |
| Step 1 | |||||||||
| C Anger Proneness | -.09 | -.18 | .21 | -.06 | -.12 | .20 | -.11 | -.22 | .20 |
| Step 2 | |||||||||
| F Neuroticism | -.14 | -.17 | .14 | -.13 | -.16 | .14 | |||
| F Extraversion | .33*** | .39 | .13 | .38**** | .46 | .13 | |||
| F Agreeableness | -.13 | -.17 | .14 | -.13 | -.17 | .14 | |||
| F Openness | .06 | .07 | .12 | .10 | .12 | .12 | |||
| F Conscientiousness | -.07 | -.09 | .14 | -.08 | -.09 | .14 | |||
| F Optimism | .20+ | .24 | .14 | .17 | .20 | .13 | |||
| Step 3 (Forward Stepwise) | |||||||||
| F Openness × C Anger | .24* | .50 | .21 | ||||||
Note: F and Beta statistics are for the final equations, with all predictors entered. Child proneness to anger was entered at Step 1, fathers’ personality traits were entered at Step 2, and their interactions with child anger were then allowed to enter stepwise (forward).
+
p < .10.
*
p < .05.
**p < .025.
***
p < .01.
****
p < .001
F=Father; C=Child
After Step 1: R2 = .01, F(1, 83) < 1; After Step 2: R2 = .23, F(7, 77) = 3.36***; After Step 3: R2 = .29, F(8, 76) = 3.79*** *