Table 6.
Path coefficients for mother- and father-reports of parent depression, parent-couple relationship satisfaction, and child externalizing mental health problems.
| Time point | Mother-report β1(SE2), unstandardized |
Mother-report β(SE), standardized |
Father-report β(SE), unstandardized |
Father-report β(SE), standardized |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross effects | CES-D3 ➔ CSI4 | |||
| 1➔2 | −0.268(0.061)** | −0.077(0.021)** | −0.245(0.351) | −0.074(0.098) |
| 2➔3 | −0.426(0.190)* | −0.085(0.037)* | −0.203(0.375) | −0.042(0.070) |
| 3➔4 | 0.313(0.148)* | 0.113(0.053)* | −0.328(0.337) | −0.101(0.101) |
| CES-D ➔ CBCL Ext.5 | ||||
| 1➔2 | 0.126(0.030)** | 0.129(0.037)** | 0.065(0.046) | 0.056(0.045) |
| 2➔3 | 0.197(0.050)** | 0.125(0.049)* | 0.052(0.056) | 0.033(0.039) |
| 3➔4 | −0.039(0.021) | −0.043(0.025) | 0.009(0.047) | 0.008(0.039) |
| CSI ➔ CES-D | ||||
| 1➔2 | −0.003(0.010) | −0.014(0.047) | 0.015(0.041) | 0.067(0.163) |
| 2➔3 | −0.012(0.035) | −0.036(0.115) | −0.102(0.040)* | −0.316(0.106)* |
| 3➔4 | 0.051(0.017)* | 0.173(0.038)** | −0.023(0.018) | −0.069(0.052) |
| CSI ➔ CBCL Ext. | ||||
| 1➔2 | −0.012(0.015) | −0.038(0.047) | 0.028(0.022) | 0.075(0.060) |
| 2➔3 | 0.006(0.012) | 0.020(0.038) | −0.021(0.016) | −0.063(0.052) |
| 3➔4 | −0.009(0.012) | −0.029(0.038) | 0.013(0.027) | 0.035(0.071) |
| CBCL Ext. ➔ CSI | ||||
| 1➔2 | −0.216(0.194) | −0.067(0.060) | −0.140(0.093) | −0.050(0.031) |
| 2➔3 | −0.139(0.181) | −0.040(0.051) | −0.006(0.191) | −0.002(0.068) |
| 3➔4 | −0.093(0.107) | −0.032(0.036) | 0.095(0.142) | 0.031(0.048) |
| CBCL Ext. ➔ CES-D | ||||
| 1➔2 | −0.007(0.042) | −0.010(0.069) | 0.006(0.042) | 0.010(0.068) |
| 2➔3 | 0.197(0.058)* | 0.170(0.042)** | 0.045(0.062) | 0.049(0.063) |
| 3➔4 | 0.100(0.025)** | 0.106(0.035)* | −0.069(0.095) | −0.068(0.091) |
| Lagged effects | CES-D | |||
| 1➔3 | 0.449(0.126)** | 0.394(0.096)** | 0.475(0.057)** | 0.442(0.070)** |
| CSI | ||||
| 0.241(0.220) | 0.212(0.196) | 0.413(0.098)** | 0.366(0.109)* | |
| CBCL Ext. | ||||
| 0.244(0.106)* | 0.245(0.115)* | 0.187(0.073)* | 0.197(0.079)* | |
| 2➔4 | CES-D | |||
| 0.500(0.087)** | 0.339(0.046)** | 0.029(0.154) | 0.018(0.094) | |
| CSI | ||||
| 0.161(0.127) | 0.178(0.152) | 0.144(0.065)* | 0.137(0.060)* | |
| CBCL Ext. | ||||
| 0.123(0.184) | 0.116(0.176) | 0.323(0.152)* | 0.296(0.127)* | |