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. 2019 Jul 3;14(7):e0219134. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0219134

Table 3. Independent and additive associations of the individual risk indicators with externalizing problems.

  Independent Effects Additive Effects
  Dichotomous
Scores
Continuous
Scores
Dichotomous
Scores
Continuous
Scores
  B R2 B R2 B R2 B R2
Money unpredictability 0.23** 0.05 0.27*** 0.07 0.14   0.19*  
Meal unpredictability 0.12 0.02 0.19* 0.04 -0.03   -0.02  
Hunger problems 0.24*** 0.06 0.19** 0.04 0.11   0.01  
Family stress 0.17* 0.03 0.25*** 0.06 0.11   0.16*  
Family violence 0.12 0.01 0.07 0.01 0.03   -0.02  
Harsh discipline 0.21** 0.04 0.28*** 0.08 0.15   0.23**  
Low maternal sensitivity 0.07 0.01 0.08 0.01 0.03   0.02  
Maternal psychopathology 0.23** 0.05 0.24*** 0.06 0.11   0.09  
Maternal cocaine use 0.08 0.01 0.06 0.00 -0.04   -0.11  
Maternal alcohol use 0.21** 0.04 0.20** 0.04 0.12   0.10  
Maternal tobacco use 0.15* 0.02 0.17* 0.03 0.09   0.07  
Maternal education 0.06 0.00     0.03   0.01  
Total           0.17   0.21

Note: Results using the proportion score and z-score indicators were identical. To simplify the presentation of results, these estimates are provided only once (referred to above as continuous scores).

*p < .05

**p < .01

***p < .001