The effects of maternal depression on their perception of emotional and behavioral problems of their internationally adopted children

Table 5 Interaction of CBCL externalizing symptoms and maternal depression, adjusted for child’s age, age at arrival to Finland and mother’s SE

Predictors	CBCL internal (child)			CBCL external (child)			CBCL total (child)
Predictors	Beta	95% CI	p	Beta	95% CI	p	Beta	95% CI	p
Boys
Depression (mother)	− 0.11	− 0.33 to 0.10	0.363	− 0.26	− 0.42 to − 0.09	0.002	− 0.22	− 0.41 to − 0.03	0.043
CBCL external (parent)	0.40	0.20 to 0.60	< 0.001	0.72	0.57 to 0.87	< 0.001	0.53	0.34 to 0.71	< 0.001
Depression (mother) × CBCL external (parent)	− 0.06	− 0.27 to 0.16	0.614	0.05	− 0.12 to 0.21	0.565	− 0.07	− 0.27 to 0.13	0.486
Observations	98			98			98
R²/R² adjusted	0.199/0.127			0.539/0.498			0.344/0.285
Girls
Depression (mother)	− 0.08	− 0.27 to 0.11	0.187	− 0.12	− 0.29 to 0.06	0.073	− 0.10	− 0.28 to 0.08	0.076
CBCL external (parent)	0.05	− 0.13 to 0.23	0.498	0.28	0.11 to 0.45	0.001	0.13	− 0.04 to 0.31	0.107
Depression (mother) × CBCL external (parent)	− 0.28	− 0.52 to − 0.03	0.028	− 0.28	− 0.51 to − 0.05	0.017	− 0.34	− 0.58 to − 0.11	0.005
Observations	124			124			124
R²/R² adjusted	0.087/0.024			0.188/0.131			0.156/0.097

Figures are standardized regression coefficients (Beta) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) and coefficients of determination (R²)

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