Table 4.

Hierarchical multiple regression analyses predicting children’s donating behavior.

Predictor	ΔR2/ΔF2	β
Step 1	0.17/8.98***
Age group		0.35***
Gender		-0.15†
Primary caregiver’s level of education		0.10
Step 2	0.07/2.75*
Age group		0.27**
Gender		-0.11
Primary caregiver’s level of education		0.12
Child-reported sympathy		0.00
Caregiver-reported sympathy		0.08
Guilt		0.13†
Moral reasoning		0.21*
Step 3	0.03/5.14*
Age group		0.29**
Gender		-0.11
Primary caregiver’s level of education		0.09
Child-reported sympathy		-0.15
Caregiver-reported sympathy		0.11
Guilt		0.14†
Moral reasoning		0.20*
Child-reported sympathy x gender		0.23*
Total R2	0.26***
N	138

^†p < 0.10

^*p < 0.05

^**p < 0.01

^***p < 0.001.