Table III.
Multilevel Regression Analyses: Child and Family Predictors of Child PTSD Symptoms
| Model 1 |
Model 2 |
Model 3 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B (SE) | 95% CI | B (SE) | 95% CI | B (SE) | 95% CI | |
| Individual child level—child PTSD symptoms | ||||||
| Gender (male = 0, female = 1) | 1.77 (0.92) | –0.04 to 3.58 | 1.70 (0.93) | –0.13 to 3.53 | 1.70 (0.93) | –0.12 to 3.52 |
| Age | –0.24 (0.15) | –0.53 to 0.05 | –0.20 (0.15) | –0.49 to 0.09 | –0.21 (0.15) | –0.51 to 0.08 |
| Trauma-related cognitions | 0.30** (0.04) | 0.22 to 0.38 | 0.28** (0.04) | 0.20 to 0.37 | 0.28** (0.04) | 0.20 to 0.36 |
| Emotion regulation difficulties | 0.14** (0.03) | 0.08 to 0.20 | 0.15** (0.03) | 0.10 to 0.20 | 0.15** (0.03) | 0.10 to 0.20 |
| Child-reported general family functioning | 0.08 (1.93) | –3.71 to 3.86 | 0.24 (1.89) | –3.48 to 3.95 | 1.40 (2.32) | –3.15 to 5.95 |
| Child-reported family communication | 0.27 (2.15) | –3.96 to 4.48 | –0.07 (2.10) | –4.19 to 4.04 | –1.29 (2.32) | –5.83 to 3.25 |
| Family level—mean level of child PTSD symptoms | ||||||
| Illness phase (0 = crisis, 1 = chronic/adaptation) | –1.68 (0.91) | –3.45 to 0.10 | –1.65 (0.90) | –3.41 to 0.11 | ||
| PTSD symptoms parent with cancer | 0.03 (0.06) | –0.09 to 0.14 | 0.03 (0.06) | –0.09 to 0.14 | ||
| PTSD symptoms healthy parent | –0.02 (0.06) | –0.14 to 0.10 | –0.01 (.06) | –.13 to .11 | ||
| Child-reported general family functioninga | –10.71* (4.99) | –20.49 to –.93 | ||||
| Child-reported family communicationa | 7.75 (5.48) | –2.99 to 18.49 | ||||
| Explained variance | ||||||
| At individual child level | 40% (of initial 88%) | 40% (of initial 88%) | 42% (of initial 88%) | |||
| At family level | – | 20% (of initial 12%) | 77% (of initial 12%) | |||
Note. Total N = 172 children from 91 families. SE = standard error; CI = confidence interval; PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder.
a
Aggregated variables.
*
p < .05; **p < .01.