Table 5.

Potential Consequences of Caretaking Burden: Maternal Report

	Internalizing pathology		Externalizing pathology		Social competence
Step and block	R 2	Δ R 2	R 2	Δ R 2	R 2	Δ R 2
1. Covariates	.004	.004	.023**	.023**	.018**	.018**
2. Linear effects	.012	.008	.039**	.016	.026	.008
3. Interactive effects	.032	.021*	.042*	.003	.036	.010
4. Quadratic effects	.047	.015	.054*	.012	.042	.006

Variable	B	SE	sr 2	B	SE	sr 2	B	SE	sr 2
Age	0.26	0.24	.003	0.50	0.16	.008*	–0.50	0.14	.015**
Gender (male)	–0.90	1.36	.001	4.85	0.93	.025***	–2.00	0.79	.007
Care for the mother	0.28	0.17	.008	0.28	0.11	.005	–0.00	0.10	.000
Household chores	–0.13	0.15	.002	–0.23	0.10	.005	0.04	0.08	.000
Care for siblings	–0.07	0.15	.000	0.38	0.10	.012	–0.22	0.09	.007
Mother × Household Chores	–0.03	0.03	.002	–0.01	0.02	.003	–0.01	0.02	.000
Mother × Siblings	–0.05	0.03	.006	–0.04	0.02	.001	–0.01	0.02	.000
Household Chores × Siblings	–0.00	0.03	.000	–0.02	0.02	.009	0.04	0.02	.007
Care for mother2	0.05	0.03	.010*	0.06	0.02	.009*	–0.00	0.01	.000
Household chores2	–0.02	0.02	.004	–0.01	0.01	.000	–0.02	0.01	.005
Care for siblings2	–0.01	0.02	.000	0.02	0.02	.001	0.01	0.01	.001
Intercept	49.51	0.95		50.53	1.13		53.26	0.55

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.