Table 4.
Regression of depression on family variables
| Depressive symptoms |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boys (N = 574) |
girls (N = 617) |
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| block 1 |
block 2 |
block 1 |
block 2 |
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| β | t | P | β | t | P | β | t | P | β | t | P | |
| Step 1 – protective factors |
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| Family activities |
-0.04 |
-0.95 |
0.344 |
-0.03 |
0.64 |
0.526 |
-0.11 |
-2.47 |
0.014 |
-0.09 |
2.06 |
0.039 |
| PCS* – constructive mode |
0.08 |
1.91 |
0.057 |
0.02 |
0.55 |
0.582 |
0.00 |
0.01 |
0.996 |
-0.01 |
-0.24 |
0.810 |
| Mother – warmth and affection |
-0.08 |
-1.62 |
0.105 |
-0.04 |
0.84 |
0.402 |
-0.01 |
-0.13 |
0.901 |
0.08 |
1.59 |
0.112 |
| Father – warmth and affection |
-0.18 |
-3.57 |
0.000 |
-0.08 |
1.63 |
0.103 |
-0.24 |
-5.25 |
0.000 |
-0.16 |
3.14 |
0.002 |
| Step 2 – harmful factors |
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| PCS – destructive mode |
0.18 |
4.28 |
0.000 |
0.15 |
3.38 |
0.001 |
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| Mother – negative relation |
0.22 |
4.63 |
0.000 |
0.20 |
4.05 |
0.000 |
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| Father – negative relation |
0.03 |
0.62 |
0.535 |
0.05 |
1.01 |
0.313 |
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| R2 |
0.055† |
0.163† |
0.099† |
0.172† |
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| ΔR2 | 0.108† | 0.073† | ||||||||||
*PCS – parental conflict strategies.