Table 2.

Indirect Effects of Increased Financial Strain on Media Use and Children’s Problem Behaviors Change

Indirect paths	β	95% CI
Increased financial strain to TV as background noise
Total indirect	.05 a	[.006; .09]
via mental health	.01	[−.05; .06]
via mental health and interparental problem	.04 a	[.01; .08]
Increased financial strain to screens as behavioral management
Total indirect	.06 a	[.02; .11]
via mental health	.02	[−.04; .10]
via mental health and interparental problem	.04 a	[.01; .11]
Increased financial strain to total unsupervised screen hours
Total indirect	.06 a	[.01; .10]
via mental health	.03	[−.03; .07]
via mental health and interparental problem	.03 a	[.00; .07]
Increased financial strain to child problem behaviors change
Total indirect	.12 a	[.06; .18]
via mental health	.10 a	[.04; .16]
via mental health and TV as background noise	.00	[−.01; .01]
via mental health and screens as behavioral management	.00	[−.004; .01]
via mental health and total unsupervised screen hours	.00	[−.004; .01]
via mental health and interparental problems	.01	[−.02; .04]
via mental health, interparental problems, TV as background noise	.01 a	[.001; .02]
via mental health, interparental problems, screens as behavioral management	.00	[−.004; .01]
via mental health, interparental problems, total unsupervised screen time	.00	[−.003; .01]

Note.

^aCoefficients with confidence intervals not encompassing 0 are considered significant.