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

TABLE 6.

Factors Associated With Daughter-Reported Psychosocial Adjustment in Fully Adjusted Multiple Linear Regression Models (Girls Aged 10–13 Years)

Covariates Daughter Reported Outcomes
Internalizing Problems General Anxiety General Depression BC-Specific Distress
Family history factors
 No. of FDR/SDR with BC β = –0.1 β = 0.2 β = 0.5 β = 0.8
P = .96 P = .93 P = .81 P = .18
 Mother history of BC β = –4.4 β = –7.7 β = –1.6 β = –0.1
P = .35 P = .15 P = .71 P = .93
 BRCA1/2 + mother β = –6.9 β = –12.8 β = –9.4 β = 0.7
P = .26 P = .07 P = .11 P = .68
Maternal factors
 Mother depression β = –0.1 β = –0.5 β = 0.2 β = –0.3
P = .83 P = .48 P = .79 P = .18
 Mother anxiety β = 1.0 β = 1.6 β = 0.7 β = 0.2
P = .03 P = .004 P = .15 P = .10
 Mother BC-specific distress β = 0.02 β = 0.2 β = –0.1 β = 0.2
P = .91 P = .49 P = .68 P = .005
Daughter factors
 Perceived risk: higher Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Perceived risk: same/lower β = –6.8 β = –5.5 β = –4.2 β = –0.8
P = .04 P = .18 P = .23 P = .46
 Perceived risk: don’t know or NA β = –10.4 β = –15.2 β = –6.4 β = –3.7
P = .006 P < .001 P = .07 P = .001
 Daughter age β = –3.5 β = –3.4 β = –3.6 β = –0.3
P = .01 P = .06 P = .02 P = .61
 Daughter breast development a , b
  Stage 1 Reference Reference Reference Reference
  Stage 2 β = –4.6 β = –6.6 β = –3.9 β = –0.7
P = .23 P = .21 P = .35 P = .66
  Stage 3 β = –5.0 β = –7.7 β = –4.1 β = –1.7
P = .23 P = .17 P = .36 P = .29
  Stage 4 β = –0.1 β = –5.8 β = 5.3 β = –1.2
P = .99 P = .42 P = .36 P = .53
  Stage 5 β = 2.1 β = –5.8 β = 9.5 β = –2.9
P = .83 P = .57 P = .32 P = .14
Family factors
 Family communication b β = 10.8 β = 16.4 β = 5.6 β = 2.2
P = .05 P = .009 P = .31 P = .18
 General family functioning b β = 17.4 β = 4 .5 β = 21.8 β = 0.4
P = .001 P = .44 P < .001 P = .78

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

a

Included as a continuous variable in analyses.

b

Reported by 10- to 13-year-old girls.