Table 1.
Sample descriptive statistics, by gender and intervention status
Measures | Mothers |
Fathers |
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Intervention |
Control |
Intervention |
Control |
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Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
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Observed family interaction | ||||||||
Coparenting positivity aggregate | 0.06 | 0.64 | −0.07 | 0.58 | 0.08 | 0.64 | −0.10 | 0.52 |
Coparenting withdrawal | 0.03 | 0.84 | −0.03 | 0.77 | −0.02 | 0.91 | 0.03 | 0.84 |
Coparenting competition | −0.11 | 0.71 | 0.12 | 0.92 | −0.09 | 0.75 | 0.12 | 0.94 |
Coparenting hostility | −0.06 | 0.62 | 0.08 | 1.01 | −0.07 | 0.54 | 0.09 | 0.95 |
Overall triadic relationship quality | 0.13 | 0.92 | −0.17 | 0.89 | ||||
Positive endorsement of partner parenting | 0.06 | 0.82 | −0.09 | 0.79 | 0.12 | 0.79 | −0.16 | 0.85 |
Dyadic couple positive communication | −0.02 | 0.82 | 0.01 | 1.02 | −0.03 | 0.90 | 0.01 | 0.89 |
Dyadic couple negative communication | 0.05 | 0.75 | −0.08 | 0.80 | 0.09 | 0.76 | −0.13 | 0.78 |
Parenting positivity aggregate | 4.49 | 0.50 | 4.42 | 0.51 | 4.16 | 0.58 | 3.97 | 0.69 |
Parenting negativity aggregate | 1.10 | 0.32 | 1.13 | 0.29 | 1.12 | 0.36 | 1.16 | 0.35 |
Parent report of family relations and own adjustment | ||||||||
Coparenting scale (total score) | 5.04 | 0.82 | 5.09 | 0.78 | 5.03 | 0.59 | 1.84 | 0.54 |
Quality of Marriage Index | −0.11 | 0.97 | 0.13 | 0.83 | −0.03 | 0.94 | 0.08 | 0.84 |
Depressive symptoms | 0.40 | 0.36 | 0.43 | 0.39 | 0.36 | 0.31 | 0.42 | 0.38 |
Anxiety (STAIT) | 17.54 | 5.08 | 17.79 | 5.70 | 16.83 | 4.52 | 17.62 | 5.4 |
Anxiety (Penn State Worry Questionnaire) | 13.73 | 5.57 | 15.16 | 6.72 | 10.89 | 4.50 | 11.68 | 5.75 |
Parenting Stress Index—abbreviated | 1.80 | 0.46 | 1.81 | 0.58 | 1.73 | 0.45 | 1.85 | 0.51 |
Parent report of family violence | ||||||||
Interparent psychological violence | 10.57 | 13.83 | 12.89 | 14.45 | 9.97 | 13.23 | 10.94 | 13.07 |
Interparent physical violence | 0.92 | 3.51 | 1.58 | 6.58 | 0.50 | 3.29 | 1.21 | 5.50 |
Parent-child psychological violence | 1.22 | 2.97 | 2.09 | 5.65 | 1.39 | 3.36 | 2.56 | 6.15 |
Parent-child physical violence | 0.87 | 2.34 | 2.23 | 8.11 | 1.40 | 4.98 | 2.43 | 6.34 |
Child outcomes (parent report) | ||||||||
Soothability | 5.52 | 0.86 | 5.29 | 0.95 | 5.13 | 0.88 | 4.97 | 1.08 |
Duration of orienting | 3.59 | 1.10 | 3.45 | 1.12 | 3.26 | 1.09 | 2.98 | 1.11 |
Number of night wakings | 1.07 | 1.23 | 1.35 | 1.38 | ||||
Difficulty going back to sleep | 1.61 | 0.88 | 1.79 | 1.11 | ||||
Hours child sleeps at night | 10.15 | 1.46 | 10.02 | 2.03 |