Table 3.

Results of Hierarchical Multiple Regressions Predicting Parenting.

	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3
	β	Beta	β	Beta	β	Beta
Authoritative parenting
Step 1
Child gender	.012	.012	.025	.025	.028	.028
Child age	.072	.115	.056	.090	.054	.087
Maternal education level	.107	.136	.124	.159	.130	.167
Step 2
U.S. Chinese vs. others			−.149	−.140	−.141	−.132
U.K. Chinese vs. others			−.040	−.037	−.039	−.036
Step 3
Effortful control					−.052	−.084
Model summary	R2 = .034		ΔR2 = .015		ΔR2 = .007
	F(3, 118) = 1.386 (ns)		ΔF(2, 116) = .921 (ns)		ΔF(1, 115) = .850 (ns)
Authoritarian parenting
Step 1
Child gender	−.005	−.006	.023	.026	.019	.021
Child age	.093	.171	.068	.126	.071	.131
Maternal education level	−.055	−.080	−.014	−.021	−.025	−.036
Step 2
U.S. Chinese vs. others			−.290**	−.312	−.304**	−.327
U.K. Chinese vs. others			−.165	−.173	−.167	−.175
Step 3
Effortful control					.089	.167
Model summary	R2 = .033		ΔR2 = .073		ΔR2 = .027
	F (3, 118) = 1.355 (ns)		F Δ (2, 116) = 4.735*		F Δ (1, 115) = 3.616
Chinese-specific parenting
Step 1
Child gender	−.027	−.032	−.014	−.016	−.017	−.020
Child age	.130	.242	.118	.220	.121	.225
Maternal education level	−.093	−.138	−.073	−.109	−.081	−.121
Step 2
U.S. Chinese vs. others			−.142	−.155	−.153	−.167
U.K. Chinese vs. others			−.080	−.085	−.081	−.086
Step 3
Effortful control					.071	.134
Model summary	R2 = .073		ΔR2 = .018		ΔR2 = .018
	F (3, 118) = 3.084*		F Δ (2, 116) = 1.138 (ns)		F Δ (1, 115) = 2.273 (ns)

^*p < .05. **p < .01.