TABLE 7.

Moderating effect of adolescents’ grade and gender on the relation between mother-adolescent communication and adolescents’ depressive symptoms.

Variable	Depressive symptoms
	B	SE	t	p	95% CI
School rank
Above average	0.077	0.101	0.76	0.445	−0.121, 0.276
Best	–0.067	0.125	–0.54	0.591	−0.311, 0.177
School location
Urban-rural fringe area	–0.023	0.097	–0.23	0.816	−0.213, 0.168
Central urban area	0.284	0.099	2.88	0.004	0.090, 0.478
Family economic status
Middle income	–0.705	0.094	–7.48	< 0.001	−0.890, −0.520
Rich	–0.691	0.164	–4.22	< 0.001	−1.012, −0.370
Father education	0.049	0.024	2.06	0.039	0.002, 0.096
Mother education	–0.081	0.024	–3.33	0.001	−0.128, −0.033
Father communication	–0.122	0.015	–8.08	< 0.001	−0.152, −0.093
Mother communication	–0.136	0.016	–8.46	< 0.001	−0.168, −0.105
Grade	0.828	0.070	11.83	< 0.001	0.691, 0.966
Gender	–0.506	0.070	–7.20	< 0.001	−0.643, −0.368
Mother communication × Grade	–0.032	0.025	–1.28	0.201	−0.082, 0.017
Mother communication × Gender	0.057	0.025	2.23	0.026	0.007, 0.106
Grade × Gender	–0.154	0.140	–1.10	0.271	−0.427, 0.120
Mother communication × Grade × Gender	0.086	0.051	1.69	0.090	−0.014, 0.185

CI, confidence interval. Grade: 0 = 7th grade, 1 = 9th grade; Gender: 0 = girl, 1 = boy. Reference group: Medium and below on School rank; town and country on School location; poor family on Family economic status.