Ethnic and adoption attitudes among Guatemalan University students

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Table 4 Multiple regression analysis: modified ABS regressed on the predictor variables

Predictor variables	Modified ABS as criterion variable (N = 158)
Predictor variables	B	SE	β
Ethnicity	−0.10	0.09	−0.50
Ethnic Identity (MEIM-S)	−0.62	0.53	−0.73
Ethnicity * MEIM-S	0.05	0.04	0.88
Social distance from Ladinos	0.03	0.03	0.07
Social distance from Indigenous	0.04	0.03	0.14
ALG	0.11	0.09	0.11
AIG	0.25	0.10	0.24*
R²			0.14
R² adjusted			0.10

Ethnicity measured on a continuous scale from 0 to 14 with higher numbers representing more Ladino identity, MEIM-S multigroup ethnic identity measure, short-form, ALG attitudes toward Ladinos of Guatemala, AIG attitudes toward Indigenous of Guatemala, Social distance higher numbers indicate less social distance
* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001