Table 2.
Multi-level Model Predicting Adolescents’ General Health Attitudes and Exercise Behaviors
| Health Attitude (N = 599) | Exercise Behaviors (N = 599) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | γ | SE | γ | SE |
| SES | .05 | .04 | .07 | .06 |
| Age | −.06* | .03 | −.05 | .04 |
| Gender | .02 | .07 | .27** | .11 |
| Perseverance | .16*** | .04 | .20*** | .06 |
| Adol-Mother Conf | −.13* | .05 | −.17* | .08 |
| Adol-Father Conf | .02 | .05 | .21** | .07 |
| Adol-Mother Int | .05 | .05 | −.08 | .07 |
| Adol-Father Int | .12*** | .04 | .25*** | .06 |
| Birth Order | −.10 | .08 | −.11 | .12 |
| Sibling Age Difference | −.02 | .03 | −.04 | .04 |
| D1 | .02 | .09 | .05 | .13 |
| D2 | .11 | .09 | .28* | .12 |
| D3 | .11 | .11 | .27 | .16 |
| Sib Conflict | −.03 | .04 | −.04 | .05 |
| Sib Intimacy | .11* | .05 | .19** | .07 |
Note:
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.
***
p < .001.
D1 = older sister-younger brother dyad, D2 = older brother-younger sister dyad, D3 = older brother-younger brother dyad. Reference group is older sister-younger sister dyad.