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Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychol. 2011 Jul;47(4):1117–1132. doi: 10.1037/a0023277

Table 4. Summary of Regression Analyses: Time 1 Help-Giving Strategies Predicting Time 2 Friendship Adjustment.

	Time 2 Number of Friends (N = 912)				Time 2 Positive Friendship Quality (N = 318)

	β	t value	R ²	Δ R ²	β	t value	R ²	Δ R ²
Step 1:
Time 1 Peer Acceptance	.03	0.63			.02	0.30
Time 2 Peer Acceptance	.21	4.88^****			.04	0.50
Time 1 Friend Variable	.46	14.28^****	.334^****		.56	10.21^****	.273^****
Step 2:
Time 1 Verbal Support	.02	0.54			.01	0.23
Time 1 Distraction/Behavioral Denial	.02	0.51			.01	0.26
Time 1 Avoidance/Blaming	−.07	2.48^*	.339^****	.005	−.10	2.02^*	.285^****	.012

Notes.

p < .05

^****

p < .0001.