Table 5.

Predicting Adolescent Attachment Security From Adolescents’ Perceptions of Positive Maternal Supportiveness and Adolescent Deidealization of Mother (Controlling for Demographic Factors)

	β (final model)	Adolescent attachment security		ΔR2	Total R2
		β (if each variable at Step 2 is entered alone)	ΔR2 (if each variable at Step 2 is entered alone)
Step 1
Gender (1 = M; 2 = F)	.17*
Race (1 = White; 2 = African Amer.)	−.29**
Family income (age 16)	.18
				.20***	.20***
Step 2
Adolescent deidealization of mother	.30***	.20*	.02*
Maternal supportiveness	.44***	.41***	.13***
				.20***	.40***

Note. β weights are from variable’s entry into model. Model N = 118.

^*p<.05.

^**p<.01.

^***p<.001.