Table 6.
Hopelessness as a Mediator of the Relationship between Emotional Abuse and Social Anxiety Symptoms (10,000 bootstrap samples).
| Emotional Abuse as a Predictor of Hopelessness at Time 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Predictor | B | t |
| EA | 0.08 | 2.12* |
| Sex | 0.56 | 2.16* |
| Race | 0.37 | 1.37 |
| CLES | 0.02 | 0.57 |
| Time in Study | <0.01 | 1.20 |
| T1 CDI | 0.04 | 1.59 |
| T1 MASC Soc | 0.03 | 1.15 |
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| Model R-sq = .12, F = 4.05 , p < .001. | ||
| Emotional Abuse and Hopelessness as Predictors of Social Anxiety Symptoms at Time 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Predictor | B | t |
| EA | 0.32 | 3.51*** |
| T2 HSC | 0.40 | 2.59** |
| Sex | 0.65 | 1.09 |
| Race | 1.36 | 2.24* |
| CLES | <.01 | 0.06 |
| Time in Study | <0.01 | 0.87 |
| T1 CDI | −0.12 | −2.12* |
| T1 MASC Soc | 0.43 | 7.88*** |
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| Model R-sq = .36, F = 15.18, p < .0001. | ||
| Emotional Abuse and Hopelessness as Predictors of Social Anxiety Symptoms at Time 3 (Total Effect Model) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Predictor | B | t |
| EA | 0.35 | 3.86*** |
| Sex | 0.88 | 1.47 |
| Race | 1.51 | 2.46* |
| CLES | <.01 | 0.04 |
| Time in Study | <.01 | 1.07 |
| T1 CDI | −.10 | −1.83 |
| T1 MASC Soc | 0.44 | 8.00*** |
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| Model R-sq = .34, F = 15.97, p < .0001. | ||
| Indirect Effect of Emotional Abuse on Social Anxiety Symptoms at Time 3 via Hopelessness at Time 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Focal Predictor | Effect | SE | CI (lower) | CI (upper) |
| EA | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.11 |
Note.
*
p < .05,
**
p < .01,
***
p < .001.
Confidence intervals that do not contain 0 are statistically significant, implying mediation. T1 = Time 1 (baseline); CDI = Children’s Depression Inventory; MASC = Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children; Soc= Social Anxiety; CLES = Children’s Life Event Scale; Time in Study = Days between Time 1 and Time 3 assessments; EA = Emotional Abuse. Race: 0= African American, 1= Caucasian.