Table 4.

Standardized coefficients for the predictors of self-regulation at 6–7 years controlling for prior self-regulation and covariates

	β	95% CI
Covariate associations with self-regulation at 4–5 years
Female	.50**	.44–.57
Age	.01	.04–.11
Birthweight percentile	.07**	.03–.11
Breastfed	−.15	−.29 - -.01
Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander	−.53**	−.81 - -.26
Non-English home language	.01	−.10–.11
Maternal education level	.13**	.09–.17
Household income	.13**	.08–.17
Stability of self-regulation 4–5 years to 6–7 years	.54**	.49–.59
Predictors of self-regulation at 6–7 years controlling for above
Health
Physical health status	.02	−.03–.05
High sugar drink intake	.02	−.01–.06
Sleep problems	−.08**	−.13 - -.04
Development
Vocabulary	.01	−.03–.06
Gross motor	.06**	.02–.10
Fine motor	−.05	−.10–.00
Pre-academic skills	.12**	.09–.16
Home environment
Maternal angry parenting	−.10**	−.15–.06
Paternal angry parenting	−.12**	−.16 - -.07
Maternal consistent parenting	−.01	−.04–.05
Paternal consistent parenting	.02	−.02–.07
Maternal mental health	−.01	−.06–.04
Paternal mental health	.02	−.03–.06
Shared book reading frequency	.03	−.01–.07
Home learning activities	.06*	.01–.10
Financial hardship	−.07**	−.12 - -.02
Argumentative parental relationships	−.03	−.07–.02
Stressful life events	−.00	−.04–.04
Education
Educator-child relationship	.06*	.01–.11
Time use
Extra-curricular sport	−.02	−.05–.02
Extra-curricular music/dance	.02	−.01–.05
Weekday TV hours	.04	.00–.08
Weekday computer hours	.01	−.03–.05
Physical activity	−.03	−.06–.00
Neighbourhood
Liveability	−.01	−.05–.02
Socio-economic index	.01	−.03–.04

* p < .02; ** p < .01