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Published in final edited form as: J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2011 FEB-MAR;32(2):125–135. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0b013e31820839d7

Table 4.

Linear regression model predicting the association between Child Behavior Checklist 36-month child outcomes and protective and high-risk infant temperament and environment factors (Easy Infant Temperament, Difficult Infant Temperament, High-Risk Environment) and PPVT Caregiver Receptive Language (regression coefficients and 95% confidence intervals).

Child Behavior Checklist
Variables in the
Model		 Externalizing
Problems
(n=288)		 Internalizing
Problems
(n=288)		 Total
Problems
(n=288)
Prenatal MA
Exposure		 −0.11
(−3.51, 3.29)		 −0.05
(−3.39, 3.28)		 −1.23
(−4.44, 1.98)
High-Risk
Environment		 4.06***
(2.55, 5.58)		 4.62***
(3.13, 6.10)		 4.75***
(3.32, 6.18)
Caregiver
Receptive
Language		 1.04
(−.378, 2.47)		 −1.46*
(−2.86, −0.06)		 0.23
(−1.11, 1.58)
Easy Infant
Temperament		 −2.22**
(−3.48, −0.97)		 −2.14**
(−3.37, −0.91)		 −2.25***
(−3.4, −1.06)
Difficult Infant
Temperament		 0.58
(−0.75, 1.91)		 0.57
(−0.74, 1.88)		 0.71
(−0.55, 1.97)
Prenatal Tobacco
Exposure		 0.93
(−2.27, 4.12)		 0.14
(−2.99, 3.28)		 1.20
(−1.82, 4.21)
Prenatal Alcohol
Exposure		 −1.28
(−4.47, 1.91)		 −0.87
(−4.00, 2.26)		 −0.94
(−3.95, 2.07)
Prenatal Marijuana
Exposure		 −2.78
(−6.69, 1.14)		 1.03
(−2.81, 4.88)		 0.06
(−3.64, 3.76)
SGA 1.34
(−3.79, 6.46)		 0.02
(−5.01, 5.04)		 0.76
(−4.07, 5.60)
Low Birth Weight −4.35
(−9.75, 1.05)		 −3.42
(−8.72, 1.88)		 −3.90
(−8.99, 1.20)
Gender 0.83
(−1.81, 3.47)		 1.14
(−1.45, 3.73)		 1.39
(−1.10, 3.88)
Average SES −0.06
(−0.24, 0.13)		 0.04
(−0.14, 0.23)		 0.002
(−0.17, 0.18)
Mean Total
Neighborhood
Quality		 0.96
(−1.34, 3.26)		 0.93
(−1.33, 3.19)		 0.80
(−1.37, 2.97)
Home Total-30
month assessment		 −0.04
(−0.43, 0.36)		 0.23
(−0.16, 0.62)		 0.08
(−0.30, 0.45)
Site −0.86
(−2.45, 0.73)		 −0.07
(−1.63, 1.48)		 −0.50
(−2.00, 0.99)
*

P<.05

**

P<.01

***

P<.001