Table 5.
Mixed Model Results Predicting Adult Children’s Depressive Symptoms by Race (N = 724 in 309 families)
| Dimensions of perceived maternal differentiation | Depressive symptoms | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | Black | |||
| (n = 578) | (n = 146) | |||
| Estimate | SE a | Estimate | SE a | |
| Family-level characteristics | ||||
| Age | 0.01b | 0.06 | 0.42** | 0.12 |
| Child-level characteristics | ||||
| Age | −0.03 | 0.03 | −0.07 | 0.07 |
| Daughter | −0.33 | 0.37 | 1.21 | 0.79 |
| Education | 0.02 | 0.12 | −0.12 | 0.24 |
| Married | −1.67** | 0.48 | −2.21** | 0.76 |
| Employment | −1.44** | 0.54 | −1.50 | 0.81 |
| Subjective health | −1.52** | 0.20 | −1.06** | 0.34 |
| Perceived favoritism | ||||
| Most emotionally close | ||||
| Choose self | 1.03 | 0.63 | 1.28 | 1.41 |
| Choose sibling | 0.13 | 0.57 | 1.01 | 1.13 |
| Most conflict | ||||
| Choose self | 1.96** | 0.68 | 0.72 | 1.61 |
| Choose sibling | 0.54 | 0.55 | 0.06 | 1.36 |
| Most Pride | ||||
| Choose self | 0.29 | 0.41 | 0.23 | 1.26 |
| Choose sibling | 0.36 | 0.38 | 1.47 | 1.12 |
| Most disappointment | ||||
| Choose self | 1.14b | 0.63 | 4.15** | 1.42 |
| Choose sibling | 0.40 | 0.37 | 1.20 | 1.12 |
| Model statistics | ||||
| Chi-square | 164.00 | 106.69 | ||
Robust standard errors.
p < .05 for the difference between coefficients across models.
*p < .05. **p < .01.