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. 2015 Apr 1;11(2):139–147. doi: 10.1089/chi.2014.0110

Table 4.

Logistic Regression Predicting Child PC Use on Weekdays by Parental Control and Parental Nurturance, with Parental Efficacy To Restrict Screen Viewing as a Potential Mediator

Parental control Adjusteda (with clustering)
Step 1: Outcome=child PC use on weekdaysb OR 95% CI p
Parental control (C) 0.99 0.89–1.10 0.864
  Pseudo-R2, 0.023; p<0.001
Step 2a) Predictor: parental control Coeff 95% CI p
(a) Outcome: Efficacy to influence screen viewing (A1) 0.25 0.14–0.36 <0.001
  R2, 0.031; p<0.001
Step 2b: Mediator on outcome OR 95% CI p
Efficacy to influence screen viewing (B) 0.88 0.82–0.95 0.001
  Pseudo-R2 0.031; p<0.001
Step 3: Outcome=child PC use on weekdaysb OR 95% CI p
Parental control (C’) 1.02 0.91–1.14 0.709
Efficacy to influence screen viewing 0.88 0.81–0.81 0.001
  R2, 0.031; p<0.001
Mediation statistics:   Bias-corrected 95% CI  
Indirect effect −0.02 −0.04 to −0.01  
Proportion of total effect mediated 2.89    
Parental nurturance Adjusteda (with clustering)
Step 1: Outcome=child PC use on weekdaysb OR 95% CI p
Parental nurturance (C) 0.97 0.94–1.00 0.044
  Pseudo-R2, 0.026; p<0.001
Step 2a: Predictor: parental nurturance Coeff 95% CI p
(a) Outcome: efficacy to influence screen viewing (A1) 0.12 0.09–0.15 <0.001
  R2, 0.084; p<0.001
Step 2b: Mediator on outcome OR 95% CI p
Efficacy to influence screen viewing (B) 0.88 0.82–0.95 0.001
  Pseudo-R2, 0.031; p<0.001
Step 3: Outcome=child PC use on weekdaysb OR 95% CI p
Parental nurturance (C’) 0.98 0.95–1.02 0.268
Efficacy to influence screen viewing 0.89 0.82–0.96 0.004
  R2, 0.032; p<0.001
Mediation statistics:   Bias-corrected 95% CI  
Indirect effect −0.03 −0.05 to −0.01  
Proportion of total effect mediated 0.41    
a

Adjusted for child BMI z-score, IMD, and parental weekday PC use.

b

Some use versus no use.

PC, personal computer; IMD, index of multiple deprivation; OR, odds ratio; Coeff, coefficient; CI, confidence interval.