Table 5.
Maternal and child stressor reports at Time 1 as predictors of child posttraumatic stress (PTS) symptoms at Time 2 (polynomial regression).
| Time 1 Stressor Reports | Actual Life Threat | Immediate Loss/Disruption | Ongoing Loss/Disruption | ||||||
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| Parameter | b (SE) | β | p | b (SE) | β | p | b (SE) | β | p |
| Maternal Report | -2.04 (1.47) | -.15 | .17 | -1.04 (.51) | -.22 | .04* | -.22 (.71) | -.03 | .76 |
| Child Report | 3.11 (1.19) | .23 | .01* | 1.61 (.60) | .29 | .007** | 1.84 (.81) | -.20 | .03* |
| Maternal × Child Report | -.69 (.98) | -.06 | .49 | -.72 (.33) | -.28 | .03* | -.16 (.68) | -.02 | .82 |
| Maternal Report Squared | .42 (.62) | .08 | .50 | .21 (.18) | .10 | .25 | -.01 (.40) | -.002 | .98 |
| Child Report Squared | .49 (.51) | .08 | .33 | .61 (.25) | .24 | .02* | -.03 (.56) | -.004 | .96 |
| Model R2 | .07 | .06 | .03 | ||||||
Note: Regression models for Time 1 Perceived Life Threat were not reported because of problems with multicollinearity in these models. Tolerance was 0.0 in those models for mother and child reports of Perceived Life Threat;
*
= p ≤ 0.5,
**
= .001