Table 3.
Regression predicting self-regulation with demographic and parenting indicators
| Variable | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B (SE) | β | B (SE) | β | B (SE) | β | B (SE) | β | B (SE) | β | |
| Constant |
30.17 (1.27) |
34.55 (3.77) |
34.34 (3.89) |
26.28 (4.50) |
26.27 (4.46) |
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| Rspdnt = father |
−0.09 (.95) |
0.00 |
0.28 (.97) |
0.01 |
0.67 (.90) |
0.03 |
0.07 (.79) |
0.00 |
0.10 (.79) |
0.01 |
| Rspdnt = other |
−0.62 (1.57) |
−0.01 |
−1.89 (1.66) |
−0.04 |
−1.28 (1.72) |
−0.03 |
−0.32 (1.66) |
−0.01 |
−0.12 (1.63) |
0.00 |
| Language (English = 1) |
−0.70 (1.28) |
−0.02 |
−0.83 (1.31) |
−0.03 |
0.79 (1.57) |
0.03 |
1.19 (1.48) |
0.04 |
1.20 (1.47) |
0.04 |
| Special needs (yes = 1) |
5.52 (1.43) |
0.21*** |
4.74 (1.42) |
0.18*** |
4.53 (1.41) |
0.17*** |
2.60 (1.30) |
0.10* |
2.61 (1.30) |
0.10* |
| Childcare (yes = 1) |
−0.40 (.84) |
−0.02 |
0.76 (.81) |
0.04 |
0.02 (.8) |
0.00 |
0.16 (.71) |
0.01 |
0.16 (.71) |
0.01 |
| Family income (low income = 1) |
3.03 (1.19) |
0.16* |
2.99 (1.18) |
0.16* |
2.38 (1.10) |
0.13* |
3.49 (1.49) |
0.18* | ||
| Household composition (single = 1) |
−1.20 (1.35) |
−0.05 |
−0.24 (1.36) |
−0.01 |
−0.21 (1.19) |
−0.01 |
−0.23 (1.19) |
−0.01 | ||
| Parent education |
−0.38 (.22) |
−0.11+ |
−0.30 (.20) |
−0.09 |
−0.14 (.19) |
−0.04 |
−0.16 (.18) |
−0.05 | ||
| Child gender (1 = male) |
2.51 (.82) |
0.15** |
2.11 (.76) |
0.12** |
2.68 (.86) |
0.16** | ||||
| Child age (months) |
−0.06 (.02) |
−0.16*** |
−0.05 (.02) |
−0.13*** |
−0.06 (.02) |
−0.14*** | ||||
| Child race: AA/NL |
−1.14 (1.41) |
−0.05 |
−2.03 (1.26) |
−0.08 |
−1.95 (1.25) |
−0.08 | ||||
| Child race: AA/L |
−3.85 (5.01) |
−0.04 |
−3.53 (4.28) |
−0.04 |
−3.29 (4.10) |
−0.03 | ||||
| Child race: W/L |
0.76 (1.38) |
0.03 |
0.25 (1.18) |
0.01 |
0.25 (1.16) |
0.01 | ||||
| Child race: Asian |
1.04 (2.62) |
0.02 |
0.46 (2.34) |
−0.08 |
0.56 (2.34) |
0.01 | ||||
| Child race: NA |
−0.51 (1.95) |
−0.01 |
−1.18 (1.51) |
−0.02 |
−1.28 (1.46) |
−0.02 | ||||
| Child race: other |
2.81 (1.33) |
0.09* |
1.44 (1.75) |
0.04 |
1.49 (1.76) |
0.05 | ||||
| Authoritative parenting |
−5.26 (1.92) |
−0.11** |
−5.20 (1.92) |
−0.11** | ||||||
| Authoritarian parenting |
1.59 (.78) |
0.09* |
1.48 (.79) |
0.09+ | ||||||
| Permissive parenting |
4.49 (.73) |
0.34*** |
4.52 (.73) |
0.35*** | ||||||
| Gender x low income |
−2.06 (1.77) |
−0.09 | ||||||||
| ΔR 2 | 0.045 | 0.042 | 0.052 | 0.147 | 0.003 | |||||
Self-regulation is coded such that lower scores indicate better self-regulation; AA African American, W white, L Latino, NL Not Latino, NA Native American; lower self-regulation scores reflect better self-regulation
+ p < .10, * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < .001