Parental care protects traumatized Sri Lankan children from internalizing behavior problems

BMC Psychiatry

Table 2 Predictors of internalizing and externalizing behavior problems and significance levels resulting from linear regression modelling

	Internalizing behavior problems		Externalizing behavior problems
Predictor variable	Zero-order correlation	Standard ß-coefficent	Zero-order correlation	Standard ß-coefficent
Sex [male]	-.04	-.03	-.06	< −.01
Age	.18**	.07	.10	< .01
SES	.04	.03	-.01	-.03
Number of family violence related events	.55***	.39***	.64***	.44***
Number of mass trauma	.50***	.34***	.50***	.24***
Parental care [low]	.43***	.20***	.47***	.11*
Number of mass trauma x Parental care	.23***	.16**	.32***	.07

Internalized behavior problems: Adjusted R² = .42; F(9, 340) = 28.53; p < .001. Externalized behavior problems: Adjusted R² = .47; F(9, 340) = 35.42; p < .001. *p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001. Controlled for location (included as a fixed factor)

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