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. 2015 Nov 25;25:791–803. doi: 10.1007/s00787-015-0788-z

Table 4.

Relationship of preburn behavioral problems, maternal posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), and covariates with mother- and child-reported behavioral problems 12 months postburn

Model 1 Internalizing problems Model 2 Externalizing problems
Mother reports Child reports Mother reports Child reports
B CI SE β B CI SE β B CI SE β B CI SE β
Direct effects
 Preburn behavioral problems 0.50 0.00, 1.04 a .27 .34 0.27 −0.46, 1.05 .38 .15 1.02 0.56, 1.48 .24 .57 0.48 −0.20, 1.17 .35 .27
 PTSS 1 month postburn 0.02 −0.20, 0.19 .10 .03 −0.06 −0.34, 0.25 .15 −.07 −0.16 −0.41, 0.04 .11 −.22 −0.15 −0.42, 0.17 .15 −.21
 PTSS 12 months postburn 0.29 0.06, 0.53 .12 .39 0.14 −0.32, 0.57 .22 .15 0.23 −0.04, 0.52 .14 .26 0.13 −0.26, 0.50 .19 .15
 Percentage TBSA −0.07 −0.22, 0.04 .07 −.10 0.19 0.50,0.04 .14 .22 0.20 0.33,0.06 .07 .24 0.21 0.43,0.07 .10 .26
 Child genderb 1.81 −5.43, 7.31 3.13 .09 3.25 −5.96, 12.55 4.74 .13 −3.42 −9.35, 2.23 2.97 −.14 −4.88 −11.44, 1.96 3.35 −.21
 Child age 0.00 −0.91, 1.12 .51 .00 −0.67 −2.48, 1.06 .92 −.15 −0.64 −1.59, 0.29 .48 −.14 −0.98 −2.28, 0.31 .67 −.23
 PTSS T1 →PTSS T2 0.54 0.36, 0.68 .08 .64 0.54 0.36, 0.68 .08 .64 0.53 0.36, 0.68 .08 .64 0.53 0.36, 0.68 .08 .64
Indirect effects
 PTSS T1 →PTSS T2 → behavioral problems 0.16 0.04, 0.32 .07 .25 0.07 −0.16, 0.32 .12 .10 0.12 −0.02, 0.30 .08 .16 0.07 −0.14, 0.27 .10 .10
 Explained variance 30 % 13 % 44 % 24 %

CI Bootstrap bias-corrected two-sided 95 % confidence interval. Effects that are statistically significant are written in bold, TBSA Total burned surface area

a p = .06

b0 = boy, 1 = girl