Table 3.
Longitudinal regression analysis testing moderation by CU traits on the association between teacher rewards/harsh discipline strategies and child school related outcomes
| Variable | Academic Motivation Time 2 | School Engagement Time 2 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | SE | β | p | B | SE | β | p | |
| Age | −1.99 | 0.95 | −0.16 | 0.037 | −3.00 | 1.53 | −0.15 | 0.053 |
| Gender | 0.74 | 0.89 | 0.05 | 0.408 | 1.09 | 1.43 | 0.04 | 0.447 |
| Family type | −0.96 | 1.74 | −0.03 | 0.583 | −3.25 | 2.80 | −0.07 | 0.248 |
| Free school milk | 0.79 | 1.71 | 0.03 | 0.646 | 5.45 | 2.75 | 0.12 | 0.048 |
| Antisocial behavior | 0.19 | 0.21 | 0.06 | 0.356 | −0.32 | 0.33 | −0.06 | 0.331 |
| Academic motivation time 1 | 0.70 | 0.09 | 0.59 | <0.001 | 0.49 | 0.15 | 0.26 | 0.001 |
| School engagement time 1 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.615 | 0.38 | 0.10 | 0.36 | <0.001 |
| CU traits | −0.03 | 0.19 | −0.01 | 0.868 | −0.03 | 0.30 | −0.01 | 0.911 |
| Reward strategies | −0.11 | 0.12 | −0.05 | 0.404 | 0.12 | 0.20 | 0.04 | 0.558 |
| Harsh strategies | −0.20 | 0.14 | −0.10 | 0.141 | −0.21 | 0.22 | −0.06 | 0.338 |
| CU × Reward strategies | −0.01 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.982 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.626 |
| CU × Harsh discipline | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.097 | 0.13 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.035 |
CU = callous-unemotional traits. CU traits and teacher reward/harsh discipline were centred for interpretation. We created dummy variables for each individual teacher and entered all as covariates in regression model, but not shown in the table