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Published in final edited form as: J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2012 Nov 23;54(6):653–660. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12015

Table 3.

Interaction Effects of Disclosure and Maternal Distress on Mothers’ Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) Scores

Variable	SDQ scores Age 3	SDQ scores Age 7	SDQ scores Age 10
Step 1: Control variables
Family type	−0.74 (0.65)	0.95 (0.58)	0.51 (0.74)
Mother’s age	0.09 (0.08)	0.02 (0.07)	0.01 (0.09)
Socio-economic status	1.50^* (0.69)	2.71^**(0.61)	−0.06 (0.79)
Number of siblings	0.16 (0.71)	0.17 (0.63)	0.60 (0.81)
Step 2: Main effects
Disclosure (−1 = no; 1 = yes)	0.80 (0.54)	0.65 (0.47)	−0.17 (0.61)
Maternal distress	0.10 (0.06)	0.05 (0.06)	0.09 (0.07)
Step 3: Disclosure × Distress	0.04 (0.07)	0.12^* (0.06)	0.03 (0.07)
Constant	3.91	−0.94	3.65
Final model R²	.12	.30	.04

Note. Unstandardized betas are presented, with standard errors in parentheses.

p ≤.05.

^**

p < .01.