Biyu wants to know whether parental divorce predicts lower social adjustment for middle schoolers.She thinks divorce will influence adjustment indirectly through a decrease in interpersonal skills among children in divorced families.She also hypothesizes that the influence of parental divorce on school adjustment will be stronger for boys than for girls.To test for moderation in her hypotheses,Biyu should test whether
A)interpersonal skills interact with child's gender.
B)gender interacts with social adjustment.
C)interpersonal skills interact with parental divorce.
D)child's gender interacts with parental divorce.

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Biyu's hypothesis includes a specific prediction that the influence of parental divorce on social adjustment will be stronger for boys than for girls. Therefore, she needs to test whether the effect of parental divorce on social adjustment depends on the child's gender. This is testing for moderation, which is done by examining interaction effects. Option D is the only one that includes a test of moderation through interaction between parental divorce and child's gender, making it the correct choice.

Biyu Wants to Know Whether Parental Divorce Predicts Lower Social