Explaining parent-child (dis)agreement in generic and short stature-specific health-related quality of life reports: do family and social relationships matter?

Table 3 Hierarchical regression model explaining the extent of parent-child discrepancies

	Absolute parent-child discrepancies
	Generic HrQoL R ² = .25; F _{(9, 59)} = 2.22^*		Condition-specific HrQoL R ² = .29; F _{(9, 60)} = 2.78^**
First step:	∆R ² = .06; F _{(5, 63)} = 0.74		∆R ² = .13; F _{(5, 64)} = 1.88
Sociodemographic and clinical variables	B (SE)	t	B (SE)	t
Children’s sex ^a	0.48 (1.83)	0.26	−0.99 (2.37)	−0.42
Children’s age group ^b	−2.12 (2.07)	−1.03	−2.29 (2.69)	−0.85
Diagnosis ^c	−4.10 (2.20)	−1.87	1.74 (2.87)	0.61
GH treatment ^d	2.67 (3.00)	0.89	6.15 (3.78)	1.63
Current height deviation ^e	−0.04 (2.04)	−0.02	−3.37 (2.66)	−1.27
Second step:	∆R ² = .20; F _{(4, 59)} = 3.89^**		∆R ² = .17; F _{(4, 60)} = 3.54^*
Psychosocial variables	B (SE)	t	B (SE)	t
Children’s sex ^a	−0.30 (1.76)	−0.17	−2.09 (2.30)	−0.91
Children’s age group ^b	−1.08 (2.00)	−0.54	−0.48 (2.61)	−0.18
Diagnosis ^c	−6.04 (2.24)	−2.70^**	−2.49 (2.95)	−0.85
GH treatment ^d	2.59 (2.77)	0.94	6.75 (3.52)	1.92
Current height deviation ^e	−0.70 (2.02)	−0.35	−1.89 (2.64)	−0.72
parent-child relationships (child’s view)	0.27 (0.34)	0.79	0.01 (0.44)	0.01
parent-child relationships (parent’s view)	−1.19 (0.44)	−2.71^**	−0.03 (0.58)	−0.05
Children’s social support	1.16 (0.50)	2.30^*	1.12 (0.65)	1.71
Parental burden	−0.05 (0.33)	−1.48	−0.14 (0.04)	−3.28^**

^** p < .01, two-tailed. ^* p < .05, two-tailed
^a Reference group: 0 = female; ^b Reference group: 0 = children 8–12 years-old; ^c Reference group: 0 = growth hormone deficiency; ^d Reference group: 0 = be receiving/have received GH treatment; ^e Reference group: 0 = height deviation above -2 SD (achieved normal height)

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