Table 4.

Results from subgroup analysis (mothers of children with clinically elevated mental health symptoms; n = 115) of hierarchical regression modelling examining whether mothers’ parental attributions contribute to explaining future professional help-seeking intentions and the moderating influence of child problem type and severity

Variables	B	t	Δdf	ΔR2	ΔF
Block 1 (covariates)			10	.57	13.67*
Block 2			2	.07	10.22*
Child-responsible attributions	0.20**	2.65
Parental self-efficacy	–0 .16*	– 2.15
Block 3ǂ: Child-responsible attributions × child problem type and severity range			4	.02	1.35
Child-responsible attributions ×  Conduct problems severity range	– 0.12	– 0.70
Child-responsible attributions ×  Emotional problems severity range	– 0.18	– 1.26
Child-responsible attributions ×  Hyperactivity severity range	– .06	– 0.37
Child-responsible attributions ×  Peer problems severity range	0.31	1.97
Block 3ǂ: Parental self-efficacy × child problem type and severity range			4	.01	.50
Parental self-efficacy ×  Conduct problems severity range	− 0.06	− 0.32
Parental self-efficacy ×  Emotional problems severity range	– 0.08	– .49
Parental self-efficacy ×  Hyperactivity severity range	– 0 .16	– 1.00
Parental self-efficacy ×  Peer problems severity range	.16	1.05

Note: n = 115; independent variable: future professional help-seeking intentions; covariates: child mental health symptoms (SDQ problem type [conduct problems, emotional problems, hyperactivity, peer problems] by severity range [normal, borderline, abnormal]), previous professional help-seeking experience, single parent status, education level, depression/anxiety, child age, child gender; B, standardised coefficient; Δ, change; df, degrees of freedom; *p value < .05; **significant Scheffe test result (t² > F^c) where Scheffe = $F_{.05,2,102}^c$2 × 3.085 = 6.17^ǂ; interaction terms representing moderator effect were independently tested by adding respective block 3 variables in addition to blocks 1 and 2