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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 22.
Published in final edited form as: Child Dev. 2010 Jul-Aug;81(4):1142–1160. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01459.x

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
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)
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.

a

0 = male, 1 = female.

b

These characteristics were for youth, with European Americans as the reference category for the race-ethnicity variables.

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.

***

p < .001.