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Table 5 The association between a mother's stress/coping behaviors and her child's disease severity in the subsequent year

From: The parenting attitudes and the stress of mothers predict the asthmatic severity of their children: a prospective study

The SI scale

Univariate regression

Multiple regression 1*

Multiple regression 2†

 

β

P

β

P

β

P

Low sense of control

.018

.79

.069

.26

.068

.27

Object dependence of loss

.056

.41

.055

.36

.054

.37

Object dependence of happiness

-.012

.85

.007

.91

.004

.95

Object dependence of anger

.176

.008

.201

<.001

.210

<.001

Annoying barrier

.200

.003

.188

.002

.192

.002

Object dependence of ambivalence

.052

.44

.034

.58

.035

.57

Disclosure of negative experiences

-.107

.11

-.096

.11

-.096

.11

Unfulfilled needs for acceptance

.183

.006

.142

.019

.144

.018

Altruism

.173

.010

.190

.002

.194

.001

Egoism

-.081

.23

-.125

.039

-.129

.040

Rationalizing conflicts/frustrations

.067

.32

.039

.52

.039

.53

Lack of emotional experiences

-.022

.74

-.061

.31

-.060

.33

  1. SI: Stress Inventory. β: standardized partial correlation coefficient. *Adjusted for serum Ig E at baseline and severity at baseline. †Adjusted for covariates in Multiple regression 1 plus adherence at baseline and adherence at 1 year follow-up.