Table 4.
Variable | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Depressive symptoms | 1.00 | ||||||
2. Demographic risk variable | .22** | 1.00 | |||||
3. Negative life events | .07 | .21** | 1.00 | ||||
4. Negative parenting behaviors | .18** | .17** | .35** | 1.00 | |||
5. Depressive attributional style | .23** | −.05 | .14* | .07 | 1.00 | ||
6. Self-perceived competence | −.37** | −.04 | −.10 | −.19** | −.10 | 1.00 | |
7. Children’s age | −.33** | .07 | .04 | .03 | .06 | −.02 | 1.00 |
p < .05;
p < .01
Note: Demographic risk variable = composite formed from dichotomous risk variables, including parental income under $20,000, single parenthood, less than a 12th grade parental education, 4 or more children living in the home, child is female, and child is an ethnic minority