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Table 2 Association between child maltreatment, mental health and executive functions

From: Child maltreatment, cognitive functions and the mediating role of mental health problems among maltreated children and adolescents in Uganda

 

B

SE of B

β

t

95% CI

LCI

UCI

Mental health problemsa

 Age

− 0.017

0.061

− 0.032

− 0.285

− 0.138

0.103

 Education in years

0.112

0.080

0.155

1.392

− 0.047

0.270

 Trauma

0.276

0.059

0.292

4.715***

0.161

0.392

 Maltreatment

0.074

0.015

0.297

4.828***

0.044

0.104

Executive functionsb

 Age

0.436

0.282

0.179

1.550

− 0.119

0.991

 Education in years

− 0.366

0.371

− 0.114

− 0.987

− 1.097

0.365

 Trauma

0.427

0.271

0.101

1.577

− 0.106

0.960

 Maltreatment

− 0.541

0.071

− 0.487

− 7.657***

− 0.680

− 0.402

Mediation model

 Executive functionsc

  Age

0.439

0.282

0.180

1.556

− 0.117

0.995

  Education in years

− 0.383

0.373

− 0.119

− 1.027

− 1.119

0.352

  Trauma

0.385

0.284

0.091

1.354

− 0.175

0.944

  Maltreatmentd

− 0.552

0.074

− 0.497

− 7.428***

− 0.698

− 0.405

  Mental health problems

0.152

0.308

0.034

0.494

− 0.455

0.759

 

B

SE of B

β

Z

LCI

UCI

Indirect effecte

 Maltreatment → mental health problems

0.011

0.023

0.001

0.481

− 0.036

0.059

  1. B unstandardized regression weight, SE standard error, β standardized regression weight, t t-test statistic, CI confidence interval at 0.05 level of significance ***p  <  0.001
  2. aAdj. R2 = 0.257; F (4225) = 20.759, p < 0.001
  3. bAdj. R2 = 0.205; F (4225) = 15.799, p < 0.001
  4. cAdj. R2 = 0.203; F (5224) = 12.646, p < 0.001
  5. dTotal effect of maltreatment on executive functions: B = − 0.541, SE of B:0.071, β = − 0.498, t = − 7.657***, LCI: − 0.680, UCI: − 0.402
  6. eSobel test result for indirect effect of maltreatment on executive functions via the mediator mental health problems