sample write up for HW3

The prediction of college students’ global self worth from school competence, intellectual ability, social acceptance, physical attractiveness, athletic competence, and job competence was explored using a hierarchical multiple regression. The B, SEB, and β for each predictor at each step of the equation are presented in Table 1. The hypothesis that college students’ global self worth would be significantly predicted by school competence and intellectual ability was supported, R² = .38, F(2, 368) = 113.07, p < .001. Both school competence and intellectual ability significantly predicted global self worth, with higher levels of school competence and intellectual ability associated with higher global self worth. The addition of social acceptance and physical attractiveness to the model significantly improved prediction of global self worth, ΔR² = .27, F(2, 366) = 143.62, p < .001, with higher levels of social acceptance and physical attractiveness predicting higher global self worth. The addition of athletic competence to the model, however, did not improve prediction of global self worth, ΔR² = .00, F(1, 365) = 0.08, p = .78. Levels of athletic competence were not significantly related to global self worth. Finally, the addition of job competence did significantly improve the prediction of global self worth, ΔR² = .03, F(1, 364) = 28.78, p < .001. Greater perceived job competence was associated with higher global self worth. The overall model with all predictors was significant, R² = .68, F(3, 364) = 128.01, p < .001.