Table 6 Maternal distress and adolescent social skills as predictors of depressive symptoms in adolescent boys (n = 159)

Early maternal distress (age 1.5)

.21

2.67

**

.21

2.68

**

.25

3.13

**

.21

2.43

**

Adolescent social skills (age 12.5)

.02

.30

.01

.17

.00

.01

Maternal distress x social skills

.19

2.40

**

.19

2.37

**

Current maternal distress (age 14.5)

.09

1.01

Socioeconomic indicators

.00

.03

R

.044

.044

.078

.084

R ² _Adj

.037

.032

.060

.054

F _change

7.15

**

.07

5.77

*

.51