Table 4.

Path Coefficients for Moderated Mediation Relations with Parenting Stress as a Mediator and Child Sex as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Maternal PTSD Symptoms and Child Behavioral Outcomes (Table 4a) and with Child Trauma Included as a Covariate (Table 4b).

Child Behavior	a	b (boys)	b (girls)	c’	Indirect effect (boys)	Indirect effect (girls)	Main effect of sex	Covariate: Child trauma
a.
Externalizing	0.38*	0.24*	0.53*	0.06	0.09*	0.20*	−22.54*	—
Internalizing	0.38*	0.19*	0.27*	0.23*	0.07*	0.10*	−5.21	—
Emotional self-control	0.38*	0.27*	0.46*	0.06	0.10*	0.18*	−13.54+	—
b.
Externalizing	0.29*	0.22*	0.54*	0.03	0.06*	0.15*	−25.49*	0.27
Internalizing	0.29*	0.15*	0.27*	0.13+	0.04+	0.08*	−9.59	1.19*
Emotional self-control	0.29*	0.28*	0.48*	0.08	0.08*	0.14*	−14.82*	−0.33

Note. Table 4a and 4b correspond to Figures 2 and 3 respectively. Results are reported as unstandardized coefficients. Significance of indirect effects is based on confidence intervals rather than p–values. Statistically significant effects indicated with *;

⁺indicates p < .10.