Table 8.
Youth’s Reports of Family and Personal Sociopolitical Attitudes Predicted From Youth’s and Mothers’ Exposure to 9/11
Youth’s reports of family and personal sociopolitical attitudes |
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Family lessons about prejudice | Family lessons about social mistrust | Family discussions about current events | Trust in local community | Prejudice toward immigrants | ||||||
Model A: Own exposure (β) |
Model B: Adding mothers’ exposure (β) |
Model A: Own exposure (β) |
Model B: Adding mothers’ exposure (β) |
Model A: Own exposure (β) |
Model B: Adding mothers’ exposure (β) |
Model A: Own exposure (β) |
Model B: Adding mothers’ exposure (β) |
Model A: Own exposure (β) |
Model B: Adding mothers’ exposure (β) |
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Adolescent’s age | .08 | .08 | .06 | .05 | .11* | .10 | −.07 | −.08 | −.01 | −.00 |
Adolescent’s gendera | .10* | .10 | .17*** | .17*** | .05 | .05 | −.07 | −.06 | −.02 | −.02 |
Adolescent is immigrant | −.04 | −.04 | −.04 | −.04 | −.07 | −.08 | .04 | .04 | −.04 | −.03 |
One or both parents are immigrants | −.05 | −.05 | −.04 | −.03 | −.06 | −.05 | .14* | .15* | −.06 | −.07 |
Is African Americanb | .25** | .25** | .20* | .19* | −.02 | −.03 | −.18* | −.19* | −.09 | −.07 |
Is Hispanic Americanb | .24* | .23* | .23* | .22* | −.02 | −.03 | −.25* | −.25* | −.14 | −.14 |
Is of another race or ethnicityb | .09 | .09 | .02 | .02 | .04 | .04 | −.06 | −.05 | −.09 | −.08 |
Mother’s age | −.02 | −.02 | −.06 | −.06 | −.00 | −.01 | .02 | .02 | .01 | .01 |
Mother is married | −.05 | −.04 | −.03 | −.03 | .09 | .09 | −.02 | −.02 | −.12* | −.13* |
Mother’s level of education | .00 | .00 | −.03 | −.03 | −.04 | −.04 | .06 | .05 | −.12* | −.13* |
Mother is employed | −.11 | −.11* | −.10 | −.11 | −.09 | −.09 | −.04 | −.05 | .06 | −.07 |
Time between 9/11 and the interviewb | −.11 | −.10 | −.09 | −.08 | .01 | .01 | −.03 | −.02 | .15** | .13* |
RCCP intervention—Lessons | −.03 | −.03 | −.03 | −.03 | −.09 | −.10 | −.18* | −.20** | .10 | .09 |
RCCP intervention—Staff development | .02 | .02 | .00 | .02 | .04 | .05 | .15* | .17* | −.04 | −.04 |
Youth’s exposure to 9/11 | ||||||||||
Direct exposure | .10 | .10 | .02 | .02 | .08 | .08 | .07 | .06 | −.11* | −.10 |
Family exposure | .09 | .09 | .05 | .05 | .07 | .06 | .09 | .06 | .05 | .04 |
Media exposure | .15** | .15** | .15** | .14** | .24*** | .23*** | .11* | .10 | −.01 | −.01 |
Mothers’ exposure to 9/11 | ||||||||||
Direct exposure | — | .02 | — | .02 | — | .04 | — | .06 | — | −.11 |
Family exposure | — | −.02 | — | .01 | — | −.01 | — | .08 | — | .08 |
Media exposure | — | −.01 | — | .06 | — | .05 | — | .08 | — | .03 |
R2 | .12 | .12 | .12 | .12 | .12 | .13 | .10 | .12 | .08 | .09 |
F | 2.76*** | 2.34*** | 2.84*** | 2.48*** | 3.02*** | 2.62*** | 2.33*** | 2.42*** | 1.92* | 1.85* |
df | 17, 363 | 20, 360 | 17, 363 | 20, 360 | 17, 363 | 20, 360 | 17, 363 | 20, 360 | 17, 363 | 20, 360 |
R2Δ | .00 | .00 | .00 | .02 | .01 | |||||
FΔ | 0.08 | 0.52 | 0.47 | 2.73* | 1.44 | |||||
dfΔ | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Note. RCCP = Resolving Conflict Creatively Program.
0 = male, 1 = female.
These characteristics were for youth, with European Americans as the reference category for the race-ethnicity variables.
p < .05.
p < .01.
p < .001.