Table 7.

Multiple Hierarchical Regression Models for the Prediction of Child Prosocial Behavior

	Prosocial behavior
	Maternal report at age 8			Teacher report at age 6			Dropped pencil task at age 6a
	B	β	SE	B	β	SE	B	Wald	SE
Step 1
Maternal educational level	−0.24*	−.17	0.12	0.57	.13	0.47	−0.17	0.80	0.19
Child's sex (1 = female, 2 = male)	−0.95**	−.25	0.30	−3.40**	−.26	1.22	−0.17	0.13	0.48
Number of siblings	0.04	.01	0.22	−0.51	−.06	0.90	0.08	0.05	0.35
Infant negative affectivity, 0–6 months	−0.13	−.03	0.34	−0.85	−.06	1.38	0.97	3.34	0.53
Number of weeks breastfeeding, 0–6 months	−0.02	−.09	0.02	−0.01	−.02	0.06	−0.04	2.22	0.03
Maternal depression 0–6 months	−0.11*	−.18	0.05	−0.07	−.04	0.20	−0.05	0.48	0.07
Cosleeping at 12 months (0 = no, 1 = yes)b	−0.13	−.02	0.58	1.32	.06	2.37	1.00	1.48	0.82
Cosleeping at 30 months (0 = no, 1 = yes)b	−0.79	−.11	0.57	−1.28	−.05	2.32	−1.62	2.01	1.14
Current maternal depression	−0.08*	−.17	0.04
Step 2
Number of weeks room sharing, 0–6 months	0.04*	0.20	0.02	0.04	0.07	0.08	0.07*	5.73	0.03
Total R 2 (Step 1 and 2)	.21			.11			.16* , c
df	135			101
Total N	145			110			127
Step 2 R 2 change	.03*			.00			.07* , a
F 2 change	4.31			0.32
p‐Value F 2 change	.04			.58			.01*

N's range between 110–145. B = unstandardized coefficient.

^aLogistic regression analysis. ^bAs only a few children either bed shared or room shared at these ages, data were combined and children were classified as cosleepers. ^cNagelkerke R ².

*p = .05. **p = .01.