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. 2015 Nov;136(5):927–937. doi: 10.1542/peds.2015-0498

TABLE 5.

Secondary Analysis of Factors Associated With Mother-Reported Daughter Psychosocial Adjustment in Fully Adjusted Multiple Linear Regression Models (Girls Aged 6–13 y)

Covariates Mother-Reported Daughter Outcomes
Internalizing Problems General Anxiety General Depression Somatization Externalizing Problems
Family history factors
 No. FDR/SDR with BC β = –2.1 β = –1.0 β = –0.6 β = –2.3 β = –0.2
P = .25 P = .58 P = .73 P = .22 P = .91
 Mother history of BC β = –2.4 β = –0.9 β = –0.8 β = –6.9 β = –0.9
P = .56 P = .84 P = .82 P = .09 P = .83
 BRCA1/2 + mother β = –13.3 β = –11.2 β = –11.1 β = –8.7 β = –12.4
P = .004 P = .02 P = .007 P = .06 P = .005
Maternal factors
 Mother depression β = 0.2 β = –0.2 β = 0.5 β = 0.2 β = 1.3
P = .67 P = .68 P = .31 P = .72 P = .02
 Mother anxiety β = 2.3 β = 2.7 β = 1.5 β = 1.4 β = 0.7
P < .001 P < .001 P < .001 P = .001 P = .08
 Mother BC-specific distress β = 0.1 β = –0.02 β = –0.009 β = 0.4 β = –0.05
P = .45 P = .90 P = .95 P = .04 P = .79
Daughter factors
 Daughter age β = 0.5 β = 1.4 β = –0.1 β = –0.3 β = –0.04
P = .55 P = .08 P = .90 P = .69 P = .95
 Daughter breast development a , b
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  Stage 2 β = –0.2 β = 0.7 β = –1.1 β = –1.3 β = –3.1
P = .96 P = .85 P = .73 P = .72 P = .34
  Stage 3 β = –3.0 β = –3.2 β = –1.7 β = –2.8 β = –4.4
P = .46 P = .45 P = .65 P = .51 P = .24
  Stage 4 β = –6.2 β = –7.6 β = –5.5 β = –2.3 β = –4.4
P = .23 P = .16 P = .25 P = .67 P = .40
  Stage 5 β = 13.3 β = 8.7 β = 5.6 β = 11.9 β = 1.6
P = .11 P = .33 P = .54 P = .24 P = .87
Family factors
 Family communication b β = 1.8 β = 10.1 β = –0.4 β = –6.5 β = –2.5
P = .69 P = .02 P = .92 P = .16 P = .60
 General family functioning b β = 3.4 β = –6.9 β = 8.9 β = 9.3 β = 9.6
P = .45 P = .11 P = .03 P = .053 P = .04

The models also controlled for race/ethnicity and accounted for within family clustering. BC, breast cancer.

a

Included as a categorical variable in analyses.

b

Maternal report.