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Table 4 Hierarchical regression analysis for migration status predicting symptoms of depression, anxiety and self-concept

From: Does a lower self-concept contribute to mental health disparities of diverse immigrant youth from middle childhood to late adolescence?

Variable

Model 1

Model 2

B

SE

t

p

B

SE

t

p

Depression

Intercept

27.732

1.236

22.440

 < .001

26.815

1.277

21.003

 < .001

Age

0.066

0.070

0.932

.352

0.067

0.070

0.957

.339

Sex

3.624

0.426

8.503

 < .001

3.666

0.426

8.612

 < .001

SES-medium

− 0.936

0.750

− 1.247

.213

− 0.593

0.759

− 0.781

.435

SES-high

− 1.983

0.772

− 2.569

.010

− 1.548

0.786

− 1.969

.049

SES-highest

− 2.432

0.772

− 3.149

.002

− 2.003

0.786

− 2.549

.011

Migration

    

1.223

0.439

2.787

.025*

ΔR2

R2 = .046, F(5, 1800) = 17.27, p < .001

ΔR2 = .004, F(1, 1799) = 7.765, p = .005

Anxiety

Intercept

33.395

1.246

26.805

 < .001

31.761

1.281

24.792

 < .001

Age

− 0.010

0.071

− 0.139

.890

− 0.007

0.070

− 0.097

.923

Sex

3.846

0.430

8.951

 < .001

3.921

0.427

9.178

 < .001

SES-medium

− 0.438

0.756

− 0.579

.563

0.173

0.761

0.227

.820

SES-high

− 1.679

0.778

− 2.158

.031

− 0.904

0.789

− 1.146

.252

SES-highest

− 2.638

0.778

− 3.390

 < .001

− 1.875

0.789

− 2.378

.018

Migration

    

2.179

0.441

4.947

.007*

ΔR2

R2 = .053, F(5, 1800) = 20.01, p < .001

ΔR2 = .013, F(1, 1799) = 24.468, p < .001

Self-concept

Intercept

63.598

1.136

55.988

 < .001

63.452

1.176

53.960

 < .001

Age

− 0.340

0.065

− 6.113

 < .001

− 0.395

0.065

− 6.107

 < .001

Sex

− 2.337

0.392

− 5.965

 < .001

− 2.330

0.392

− 5.943

 < .001

SES-medium

0.812

0.689

1.177

.239

0.866

0.699

1.239

.215

SES-high

1.751

0.709

2.469

.014

1.820

0.724

2.514

.012

SES-highest

2.695

0.710

3.797

 < .001

2.762

0.724

3.817

 < .001

Migration

    

0.195

0.404

0.481

.630ns

ΔR2

R2 = .046, F(5, 1800) = 17.27, p < .001

ΔR2 = .0001, F(1, 1799) = 0.2318, p = .630

  1. B, unstandardized regression coefficient. SE, standard error of B. Sex, 1 = female, 0 = male. SES, parental socio-economic status. Migration status: 1 = immigrant background, 0 = no immigrant background. Uncorrected p-values for estimates reflecting study hypotheses given in bold, alpha-error corrected thresholds applied to indicate significance at ***p > .001, **p > .01, *p > .05, ns = not significant