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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pers Soc Psychol. 2015 Nov 2;111(5):745–765. doi: 10.1037/pspp0000075

Table 6.

Effects of the VA Intervention, the UV Intervention, URM Status, and FG Status on Biology Course Grade

HLM Regression


γ F (df) p β t (df) p
UV Intervention 0.06 4.52 (1, 1017) .034 0.07 2.21 (1018) .027
URM −0.14 24.81 (1, 1016) .000 −0.13 4.98 (1018) .000
FG −0.03 0.89 (1, 1015) .346 −0.03 0.89 (1018) .375
URM x FG 0.00 0.01 (1, 1015) .943 0.00 0.02 (1018) .983
UV x URM 0.04 2.56 (1, 1013) .110 0.06 1.63 (1018) .103
UV x FG 0.01 0.13 (1, 1016) .715 0.01 0.28 (1018) .778
UV x URM x FG 0.07 6.52 (1, 1013) .011 0.08 2.49 (1018) .013
Confidence about Performance 0.12 36.86 (1, 1015) .000 0.16 6.16 (1018) .000
Prior GPA 0.44 452.68 (1, 1015) .000 0.55 21.25 (1018) .000
UV x Confidence 0.02 1.17 (1, 1014) .280 0.03 1.15 (1018) .252
UV x Prior GPA −0.04 4.03 (1, 1017) .045 −0.05 1.99 (1018) .047
VA Intervention −0.01 0.07 (1, 1013) .788 −0.01 0.25 (1018) .801
VA x URM −0.02 0.36 (1, 1015) .551 −0.02 0.61 (1018) .539
VA x FG −0.05 2.93 (1, 1013) .087 −0.06 1.89 (1018) .072
VA x URM x FG −0.04 2.37 (1, 1015) .124 −0.05 1.58 (1018) .115
UV x VA −0.00 0.00 (1, 1014) .949 −0.00 0.04 (1018) .969
UV x VA x URM 0.02 0.44 (1, 1014) .506 0.02 0.68 (1018) .498
UV x VA x FG 0.04 2.52 (1, 1014) .113 0.06 1.67 (1018) .096
UV x VA x URM x FG 0.01 0.06 (1, 1016) .808 0.01 0.29 (1018) .772
VA x Confidence 0.01 0.31 (1, 1014) .577 0.01 0.54 (1018) .592
VA x Prior GPA −0.00 0.00 (1, 1016) .950 −0.00 0.12 (1018) .907

Note. UV = Utility Value intervention condition (UV = +1, Control = −1), URM = Underrepresented Minority (URM = +1, Majority = −1), FG = First-generation (FG = +1, Continuing-generation = −1). VA = Values Affirmation (VA = +1, Control = −1).