Table 3.
Hierarchical multiple regression analysis, Anxiety (MASC)
| Variables | Fathers’ reports on child anxiety symptoms as dependent, fathers’ reports on control and independent variables (n = 285) | Mothers’ reports on child anxiety symptoms as dependent, mothers’ reports on control and independent variables (n = 534) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β (CI) | t | Part2 | Total R2 | ∆ R 2 | β (CI) | t | Part2 | Total R2 | ∆ R 2 | |
| Step 1 | 18.10% | 19.80% | 16.20% | 17.10% | ||||||
| Age (child) | 0.10 (−0.09, 3.55) | 1.87 | 0.12 (0.73, 3.41) | 3.04** | ||||||
| Gender (child) | 0.11 (0.16, 6.58) | 2.07* | 0.04 (− 1.34, 3.55) | 0.89 | ||||||
| Economy (family) | −0.11 (− 3.01, − 0.10) | − 1.84 | −0.09 (− 2.30, − 0.10) | − 2.14* | ||||||
| Parental Education | 0.00 (− 1.48, 1.60) | 0.08 | −0.00 (−1.34, 1.30) | − 0.03 | ||||||
| Stress (EASQ) | 0.01 (−1.09, 1.28) | 0.15 | 0.14 (0.54, 2.16) | 3.29*** | ||||||
| Parental psychiatric health (HSCL) | 0.40 (1.12, 2.03) | 6.84*** | 0.30 (0.76, 1.34) | 7.08*** | ||||||
| Step 2 | 30.40% | 12.50% | 26.20% | 10.20% | ||||||
| Age (child) | 0.09 (− 0.09, 3.26) | 1.86 | 0.12 (0.71, 3.23) | 3.07* | ||||||
| Gender (child) | 0.15 (1.40, 7.34) | 2.90** | 0.07 (−0.23, 4.39) | 1.77 | ||||||
| Economy (family) | −0.12 (−3.08, − 0.21) | −2.25* | − 0.09 (−2.15, 0.09) | −2.14* | ||||||
| Parental Education | 0.04 (−0.91, 1.95) | 0.72 | 0.03 (−0.74, 1.76) | 0.80 | ||||||
| Stress (EASQ) | −0.05 (−1.57, 0.65) | − 0.82 | 0.07 (− 0.15, 1.40) | 1.58 | ||||||
| Parental psychiatric health (HSCL) | 0.26 (0.59, 1.48) | 4.59*** | 0.19 (0.37, 0.94) | 4.50*** | ||||||
| ERC Liability/Negativity (L/N) | 0.30 (0.46, 1.08) | 4.85*** | 5.76% | 0.24 (0.39, 0.86) | 5.26*** | 3.84% | ||||
| ERC Emotion regulation (ER) | −0.13 (−1.19, − 0.05) | −2.13* | 1.10% | − 0.16 (−1.18, − 0.34) | −3.57*** | 1.77% | ||||
All scores are sum-scores. ERC L/N high scores indicate poor regulation skills. ERC ER high scores indicate good regulation skills
SMFQ Mood and Feeling Questionnaire – short form, ERC Emotion regulation checklist, HSCL The Hopkin‘s symptom check list, EASQ Early Adolescence Stress Questionnaire
*p = < 0.05. **p = < 0.01. ***p = < 0.001