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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 12.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychol. 2020 May 7;56(7):1360–1371. doi: 10.1037/dev0000965

Table A2.

OLS regression results, all early child characteristics as predictors of political orientation outcomes at age 26, using sample constrained to age 26 survey responses

Ideological conservativism
Republican Party affiliation
Democratic Party affiliation
b SE (b) β t p b SE (b) β t p b SE (b) β t p
Authoritarian parenting beliefs 0.01 0.00 0.1 1.94 .05 0.00 0.00 0.09 1.82 .07 −0.01 0.00 −0.12 −2.56 .01
Observed maternal sensitivity −0.13 0.09 −0.11 −1.45 .15 −0.01 0.03 −0.02 −0.30 .76 0.02 0.05 0.02 0.35 .73
Temperament
 Activity level −0.10 0.07 −0.06 −1.39 .16 −0.04 0.03 −0.05 −1.19 .24 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.65 .52
 Attentional focusing −0.14 0.06 −0.1 −2.19 .03 −0.08 0.03 −0.12 −2.72 < .01 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.97 .33
 Fear 0.12 0.06 0.09 2.00 .05 0.01 0.03 0.02 0.40 .69 −0.04 0.04 −0.04 −0.90 .37
 Shyness −0.05 0.04 −0.05 −1.29 .20 −0.02 0.02 −0.04 −1.14 .26 0.04 0.03 0.05 1.47 .14
Attachment
 Anxious 0.34 0.12 0.3 2.83 < .01 0.12 0.05 0.22 2.30 .02 −0.01 0.08 −0.02 −0.17 .87
 Avoidant −0.56 0.23 −0.48 −2.44 .02 −0.18 0.08 −0.34 −2.18 .03 −0.11 0.13 −0.13 −0.85 .40
 Disorganized −0.06 0.13 −0.06 −0.50 .62 −0.01 0.05 −0.02 −0.23 .82 −0.08 0.08 −0.09 −0.94 .35

Note. N = 655 for the ideological conservativism model and N = 814 for the two party affiliation models, constrained by survey responses. Standard errors are shown for unstandardized coefficients and t-statistics are shown for standardized coefficients. Unstandardized coefficients were calculated using unstandardized predictors and outcomes, except observed maternal sensitivity was kept as a standardized predictor because the composite is inherently unitless. Secure is the reference category for attachment coefficients. Controls included gender, race/ethnicity, maternal education, income-to-needs ratio, and geographic location. The adjusted R2 for the ideological conservativism model was .16, F(24, 626) = 5.64, p < .001. The adjusted R2 for the Republican Party affiliation model was .10, F(24, 783) = 4.55, p < .001. The adjusted R2 for the Democratic Party affiliation model was .11, F(24, 783) = 4.97, p < .001.