Table 3.

Conscience in Father–Child Relationship (25–52 Months) and Child Moral Self at 67 Months as Predictors of Competent, Adaptive Functioning at 80 Months

		Step 1				Step 2				Step 3
Step	Predictor	β	B	SE B	95% CI	β	B	SE B	95% CI	β	B	SE B	95% CI
Equation 1: Child conscience measures as predictors of child competent, adaptive functioning
1a	C Gender	−.33***	−0.73	0.23	[−1.19, −0.28]	−.14	−0.31	0.25	[−0.82, 0.20]
2b	C Internalization of F rules					.38****	0.59	0.16	[0.26, 0.92]
	C Empathy to F					.06	0.14	0.23	[−0.33, 0.60]
Equation 2: Child conscience measures as predictors of child moral self
1c	C Gender	−.16	−2.36	1.59	[−5.52, 0.81]	−.17	−2.60	1.84	[−6.27, 1.06]
2d	C Internalization of F rules					.08	0.85	1.21	[−1.56, 3.25]
	C Empathy to F					−.14	−2.11	1.70	[−5.48, 1.26]
Equation 3: Child conscience measures and moral self as predictors of child competent, adaptive functioning
1e	C Gender	−.32***	−0.71	0.23	[−1.16, −0.26]	−.13	−0.29	0.26	[−0.80, 0.22]	−.07	−0.16	0.24	[−0.64, 0.33]
2f	C Internalization of F rules					.36***	0.56	0.17	[0.23, 0.90]	.34***	0.53	0.16	[0.21, 0.84]
	C Empathy to F					.06	0.14	0.23	[−0.32, 0.60]	.11	0.25	0.22	[−0.18, 0.69]
3g	C Moral self									.33****	0.05	0.01	[0.02, 0.08]

Note. F = Father; C = Child. C Gender coded as 0 (girls) and 1 (boys). C Competent, adaptive functioning rated by both parents and teachers at 80 months. C Internalization of F rules and C Empathy to F observed at 25, 38, and 52 months; C Moral self at 67 months. The three equations test the three conditions for mediation: independent variables predicting the outcome (Equation 1, two steps); independent variables predicting the mediator (Equation 2, two steps); the mediator predicting the outcome, with the effects of independent variables dropping (Equation 3, three steps).

^aR² = .11, F(1, 88) = 10.42^***.

^bR² = .22, F(3, 86) = 8.32^****.

^cR² = .02, F(1, 88) =2.19.

^dR² = .05, F(3, 86) = 1.39.

^eR² = .10, F(1, 86) = 9.74^***.

^fR² = .21, F(3, 84) = 7.48^****.

^gR² = .32, F(4, 83) = 9.63^****.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .025.

^***p < .01.

^****p < .001.