Table 4.

Text Message Frequencies of Content as Predictors of Youth-Reports of 9^th Grade Internalizing Symptoms

		Internalizing Syndrome		Anxious Depression		Withdrawn Depression		Somatic Complaints
		ΔR2	β	ΔR2	β	ΔR2	β	ΔR2	β
Step 1		.15**		.12**		.13**		.20**
	Male		−0.04		0.01		−0.04		0.05
	8th Grade Internalizing		0.37**		0.34**		0.35**		0.41**
	Positive/Neutral Talk		0.08		0.02		0.03		0.18*
Step 2		.04*		.04*		.02t		.04*
	Male		−0.05		0.00		−0.05		0.04
	8th Grade Internalizing		0.37**		0.35**		0.36**		0.41**
	Positive/Neutral Talk		−0.11		−0.17		−0.12		0.01
	Negative Talk		0.28*		0.24t		0.20		0.16
	Sex Talk		0.01		0.06		0.03		0.12
Step 3		.03		.01		.04		.02
	Male		−0.03		0.02		−0.11		0.07
	8th Grade Internalizing		0.35**		0.33**		0.33**		0.39**
	Positive/Neutral Talk		−0.20		−0.26t		−0.19		0.00
	Negative Talk		0.39*		0.37*		0.14		0.15
	Sex Talk		0.10		0.10		0.18		0.23t
Male X Positive/Neutral Talk			0.20		0.19		0.16		0.05
	Male X Negative Talk		−0.12		−0.19		0.15		0.07
	Male X Sex Talk		−0.24t		−0.12		−0.32*		−0.25t
	Total R2	.22**		17**		.19**		.31**

Males were coded as 1 and females as 0.

^*p ≤ .05

^**p < .01

^tp < .10