Table 6.

Association Between Actual and Perceived Change in Self-Esteem, With and Without Demographic Covariates

	Perceived change in self-esteem
	No demographic covariates			Demographic covariates included
Predictor	B	SE B	β	B	SE B	B
Self-esteem intercept	.61	.14	.38*	.61	.14	.38*
Self-esteem slope:  First semester	.62	.39	.18	.58	.42	.16
Self-esteem slope: 4 years	4.93	1.10	.57*	4.85	1.16	.56*
Female	–	–	–	.17	.15	.08
Asian	—	—	—	-.00	.15	.00
Non-Asian minority	—	—	—	−.05	.22	−.01
Socioeconomic status	—	—	—	.05	.08	.04

Note. R² = .26 in both models. Dashes denote that the variable was not entered into the model.

^*p < .01.