Table 4.

Potential Consequences of Caretaking Burden: Child Report

	Psychological distress		School maladjustment		Parental relations		Peer relations
Step and block	R 2	Δ R 2	R 2	Δ R 2	R 2	Δ R 2	R 2	Δ R 2
1. Covariates	.019**	.019**	.045***	.045***	.015*	.015*	.016*	.016*
2. Linear terms	.047**	.028**	.050***	.005	.024	.009	.024	.008
3. Interactive terms	.048**	.001	.053**	.003	.102**	.078***	.066***	.042***
4. Quadratic terms	.068*	.020*	.096***	.044***	.142***	.040***	.072***	.006

Variable	B	SE	sr 2	B	SE	sr 2	B	SE	sr 2	B	SE	sr 2
Age	0.48	0.16	.025***	0.37	0.16	.014**	–0.26	0.14	.009	–0.30	0.15	.011**
Gender (male)	1.21	0.90	.005	3.62	0.93	.040***	–0.57	0.79	.001	–2.09	0.83	.017**
Care for the mother	0.36	0.11	.030***	0.09	0.11	.001	0.07	0.10	.001	–0.13	0.10	.005
Household chores	–0.07	0.10	.001	–0.10	0.10	.002	0.01	0.08	.000	0.21	0.09	.015**
Care for siblings	0.00	0.10	.000	0.01	0.10	.000	–0.04	0.09	.000	–0.00	0.09	.000
Mother × Household Chores	–0.04	0.02	.007	–0.07	0.02	.025***	–0.00	0.02	.000	–0.04	0.02	.010*
Mother × Siblings	–0.01	0.02	.001	0.01	0.02	.001	–0.03	0.02	.005	0.00	0.02	.000
Household Chores × Siblings	–0.00	0.02	.000	–0.00	0.02	.000	0.00	0.02	.000	–0.00	0.02	.000
Care for the mother2	0.05	0.02	.018***	0.05	0.02	.024***	–0.06	0.01	.038***	–0.02	0.02	.004
Household chores2	0.01	0.01	.002	0.03	0.01	.018***	0.00	0.01	.000	0.01	0.01	.001
Care for siblings2	0.00	0.02	.000	–0.02	0.02	.003	0.01	0.01	.000	0.01	0.01	.000
Intercept	42.92	0.63		46.00	0.65		53.26	0.55		53.35	0.58

Note. B = the unstandardized regression coefficient; SE = the standard error of the unstandardized regression coefficient; sr² = the squared semipartial correlation coefficient from the hierarchical multiple regression analysis.

^*p < .10.

^**p < .05.

^***p < .01.