Table 5.

Model 3: Hierarchical Regression Predicting Boys’ Externalizing Behavior With Mothers’ Frequency of Use of Verbal Punishment as Predictor and Mother-reported Warmth as Moderator

Predictors	Boys’ Externalizing Behavior
	B	SE	β	R2	ΔR2	F(df)
Step 1
Mothers’ Frequency of Verbal Punishment	4.804*	.906	.571	.327	..327	28.123(1,58)*
Step 2
Mothers’ Frequency of Verbal Punishment	4.923*	.906	.586	.345	.018	14.986(2,57)*
Mother-reported Warmth	−3.593	2.866	−.135
Step 3
Mothers’ Frequency of Verbal Punishment	4.920*	.913	.585	.347	.003	9.927(3,56)*
Mother-reported Warmth	−3.066	3.097	−.115
Mothers’ Frequency of Verbal Punishment X Mother-reported Warmth	2.014	4.293	.054

Note.

^*p < .00625.