Table 3.
Hierarchical regression analysis for the prediction of life satisfaction and relationship quality.
| Life satisfaction | Relationship with adult child | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | |
| Step 1: Maternal and child background characteristics | ||||||||
| Number of children | .05 | .05 | .04 | .03 | -.10 | -.10 | -.12 | -.13 |
| Family income | .04 | .07 | .07 | .09 | -.10 | -.08 | -.10 | -.05 |
| Marital status | -.01 | .00 | -.01 | .02 | .02 | .03 | .01 | .04 |
| Maternal education | .11 | .10 | .10 | .08 | .06 | .05 | .05 | -.00 |
| Maternal health | .41** | .42** | .42** | .37** | -.03 | -.02 | -.03 | -.09 |
| Child gender | -.16 | -.15 | -.15 | -.13 | -.05 | -.05 | -.05 | -.01 |
| Child health | -.01 | .01 | .01 | .02 | 32** | .32** | .32** | .32** |
| Child age | .06 | .13 | .14 | .12 | .07 | .09 | .09 | .06 |
| Step 2: Age variable | ||||||||
| Maternal age at birth of child with DS | .11 | .10 | .11 | .02 | .03 | .06 | ||
| Step 3: Maternal social support | ||||||||
| Size of social network | .05 | .06 | .07 | .08 | ||||
| Attend parent group | .04 | .03 | .00 | -.02 | ||||
| Step 4: Child behavioral phenotype | ||||||||
| Functional abilities | -.06 | .05 | ||||||
| Behavior problems | -.26** | -.35** | ||||||
| ΔR2 | .24** | .01 | .00 | .06* | .11** | .00 | .00 | .12** |
**
p < .01
*
p < .05
β coefficients presented in table.
Marital status coded: 0=single/divorced/widowed, 1=married
Maternal education coded: 0=some college or less, 1=college degree or higher
Gender coded: 0=male, 1=female
Attend parent group coded: 0=no, 1=yes