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Published in final edited form as: Fam Relat. 2022 May 26;72(3):1158–1185. doi: 10.1111/fare.12698

TABLE 3.

Bayesian mediation results for material hardship predicting mothers’ reports of destructive interparental conflict via parental depressive symptoms

Maternal model Paternal model
M SE 95% CI M SE 95% CI
Parental depressive symptoms at 15 months
 Material hardship at 15 monthsa 0.11 0.02 [0.08, 0.15] 0.09 0.02 [0.06, 0.13]
 Maternal depression at 15 months 0.03 0.02 [−0.01, 0.07]
 Paternal depression at 15 months 0.03 0.02 [−0.01, 0.07]
 Fathers’ age 0.02 0.03 [−0.03, 0.07] 0.01 0.03 [−0.04, 0.06]
 Mothers’ age −0.01 0.03 [−0.06, 0.03] −0.02 0.03 [−0.07, 0.03]
 Couples’ education level −0.01 0.02 [−0.05, 0.03] 0.01 0.02 [−0.03, 0.05]
 Couples’ race and ethnicity
  Black 0.07 0.03 [0.01, 0.12] 0.15 0.03 [0.09, 0.21]
  White 0.03 0.02 [−0.01, 0.08] 0.07 0.02 [0.02, 0.11]
  Other 0.02 0.02 [−0.02, 0.06] 0.09 0.02 [0.04, 0.13]
 Couples’ relationship length 0.02 0.02 [−0.02, 0.06] −0.01 0.02 [−0.05, 0.03]
 Couples’ marital status 0.01 0.02 [−0.03, 0.04] 0.00 0.02 [−0.03, 0.04]
 Number of biological children mothers have with BSF fathers −0.01 0.02 [−0.05, 0.04] 0.05 0.02 [0.01, 0.09]
 Fathers’ work status −0.01 0.02 [−0.04, 0.03] −0.05 0.02 [−0.08, −0.01]
 Mothers’ work status −0.06 0.02 [−0.09, −0.02] 0.02 0.02 [−0.02, 0.06]
 Fathers’ multiple-partner fertility 0.01 0.02 [−0.03, 0.05] 0.04 0.02 [0.00, 0.08]
 Mothers’ multiple-partner fertility 0.01 0.02 [−0.03, 0.05] 0.04 0.02 [0.00, 0.08]
 Receipt of public welfare 0.03 0.02 [−0.01, 0.07] 0.04 0.02 [0.00, 0.08]
 Fathers’ financial support at 15 months −0.23 0.02 [−0.26, −0.19] 0.14 0.02 [0.10, 0.18]
 Assignment in the BSF program −0.06 0.02 [−0.10, −0.03] −0.02 0.02 [−0.06, 0.01]
 Location of the BSF program site −0.01 0.02 [−0.06, 0.03] −0.05 0.02 [−0.09, 0.00]
 Intercept 0.00 0.02 [−0.04, 0.04] 0.00 0.02 [−0.04, 0.04]
Mothers’ reports of destructive interparental conflict at 36 months
 Material hardship at 15 monthsa 0.02 0.02 [−0.01, 0.06] 0.03 0.02 [−0.01, 0.06]
 Material hardship at 36 months 0.06 0.02 [0.02, 0.09] 0.05 0.02 [0.02, 0.09]
 Maternal depression at 15 monthsa 0.02 0.02 [−0.02, 0.05] 0.01 0.02 [−0.03, 0.04]
 Maternal depression at 36 months 0.34 0.02 [0.30, 0.37] 0.34 0.02 [0.30, 0.37]
 Paternal depression at 15 monthsa 0.09 0.02 [0.05, 0.13] 0.10 0.02 [0.06, 0.13]
 Paternal depression at 36 months −0.06 0.02 [−0.10, −0.02] −0.06 0.02 [−0.09, −0.02]
 Family income at 36 months 0.01 0.02 [−0.03, 0.04] 0.01 0.02 [−0.03, 0.04]
 Fathers’ age −0.03 0.02 [−0.07, 0.02] −0.03 0.02 [−0.07, 0.02]
 Mothers’ age 0.05 0.02 [0.00, 0.09] 0.05 0.02 [0.00, 0.09]
 Couples’ education level 0.04 0.02 [0.00, 0.07] 0.04 0.02 [0.00, 0.07]
 Couples’ race and ethnicity
  Black 0.04 0.03 [−0.01, 0.09] 0.04 0.03 [−0.01, 0.09]
  White 0.04 0.02 [0.00, 0.09] 0.04 0.02 [0.00, 0.08]
  Other 0.01 0.02 [−0.03, 0.05] 0.01 0.02 [−0.03, 0.05]
 Couples’ relationship length 0.03 0.02 [−0.01, 0.07] 0.03 0.02 [−0.01, 0.07]
 Couples’ marital status 0.00 0.02 [−0.03, 0.04] 0.00 0.02 [−0.03, 0.04]
 Number of biological children mothers have with BSF fathers −0.01 0.02 [−0.03, 0.02] −0.02 0.02 [−0.05, 0.02]
 Fathers’ work status −0.01 0.02 [−0.04, 0.03] −0.01 0.02 [−0.04, 0.03]
 Mothers’ work status 0.03 0.02 [−0.01, 0.06] 0.03 0.02 [−0.01, 0.06]
 Fathers’ multiple-partner fertility 0.00 0.02 [−0.04, 0.04] 0.00 0.02 [−0.04, 0.03]
 Mothers’ multiple-partner fertility −0.01 0.02 [−0.05, 0.03] −0.01 0.02 [−0.05, 0.03]
 Receipt of public welfare 0.01 0.02 [−0.02, 0.05] 0.01 0.02 [−0.02, 0.05]
 Fathers’ financial support at 15 months 0.05 0.02 [0.01, 0.09] 0.05 0.02 [0.01, 0.09]
 Assignment in the BSF program 0.04 0.02 [0.00, 0.07] 0.04 0.02 [0.00, 0.07]
 Location of the BSF program site 0.02 0.02 [−0.01, 0.06] 0.02 0.02 [−0.02, 0.07]
 Intercept 0.00 0.02 [−0.03, 0.03] 0.00 0.02 [−0.03, 0.03]
Indirect effect 0.00 [0.00, 0.01] 0.01 [0.004, 0.014]
Direct effect 0.02 [−0.01, 0.06] 0.03 [−0.01, 0.06]
Total effect 0.03 [−0.01, 0.06] 0.04 [0.00, 0.07]
R2 for parental depressive symptoms 9.33% [7.47, 11.17] 6.33% [4.73, 8.10]
R2 for destructive interparental conflict 17.11% [14.81, 19.41] 17.14% [14.95, 19.54]

Note. Bold indicates parameter estimate whose credible interval excludes a 0, suggesting that there is a 95% probability that the estimated value is not equal to 0 and lies within the limits of the credible interval. BSF = Building Strong Families; CI = credible interval.

a

Main predictor variable of interest to the model.

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