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. 2024 Jan 11;14:1306456. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1306456

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)*

1Beta value; 2Standard Error; 3Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale (57); 4Couple Satisfaction Index total score (58); 5Child Behavior Checklist Externalizing Problems T-Score (56); *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01.