Adverse childhood experiences and psychopathology in adolescents from northern Chile: the moderating role of the attachment style

Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica

Psychology: Research and Review

Table 3 Moderation analysis: changes in the R-square for the interaction effect

Model
X = ACEs Y = Internalization W = Abandonment anxiety	I: R = 0.44, R² = 0.19, F (118) = 9.49, p > .001, MSE = 102.84 II: R²-chng = .00, F (118) = 0.18, p = 0.672
X = ACEs Y = Internalization W = Intimacy avoidance	I: R = 0.46, R² = 0.22, F (118) = 10.81, p > .001, MSE = 100.13 II: R²-chng = .02, F (118) = 3.35, p = 0.070
X = ACEs Y = Externalization W = Abandonment anxiety	I: R = 0.56, R² = 0.31, F (118) = 17.77, p > .001, MSE = 29.42 II: R² -chng = .03, F (118) = 4.70, p = *.032*
X = ACEs Y = Externalization W = Intimacy avoidance	I: R = 0.51, R² = 0.26, F (118) = 13.79, p > .001, MSE = 31.62 II: R²-chng = .00, F (118) = 4.75, p = 0.492

The statistically significant interactions were highlighted in bold. I, model summaries and II, higher-order tests of unconditional interactions. MSE mean-squared error, R² R-square, R²-chng change in R-square, p p-value, ACEs adverse childhood experiences