Table 4.
Mixed Model Predicting Adult Children’s Depressive Symptoms (N = 724 in 309 families)
| Predictors | Depressive symptoms | |
|---|---|---|
| Estimate | SEa | |
| Family-level characteristics | ||
| Race (Black = 1) | −0.77 | 0.42 |
| Age | 0.10 | 0.05 |
| Child-level characteristics | ||
| Age | −0.04 | 0.03 |
| Daughter | −0.03 | 0.33 |
| Education | 0.02 | 0.10 |
| Married | −1.81** | 0.40 |
| Employment | −1.54** | 0.44 |
| Subjective health | −1.41** | 0.17 |
| Perceived maternal differentiation | ||
| Most close | ||
| Choose self | 1.27* | .56 |
| Choose sibling | 0.41 | 0.51 |
| Most conflict | ||
| Choose self | 1.62** | 0.64 |
| Choose sibling | 0.46 | 0.51 |
| Most pride | ||
| Choose self | 0.17 | 0.40 |
| Choose sibling | 0.47 | 0.36 |
| Most disappointment | ||
| Choose self | 1.75** | 0.59 |
| Choose sibling | 0.55 | 0.36 |
| Model statistics | ||
| Chi-square | 219.59 | |
aRobust standard errors.
*p < .05. **p < .01.