Table 3.
Summary of APIM Models Predicting Sibling Relationship Quality From Siblings' Reports of Conflict Resolution Strategy (N = 242)
| Intimacy |
Negativity |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| y | SE | y | SE | |
| Background characteristics | ||||
| Birth ordera | -.05** | .01 | .01 | .02 |
| Actor genderb | -.27** | .04 | -.20** | .06 |
| Partner genderb | -.16** | .04 | -.04 | .06 |
| Conflict resolution strategies | ||||
| Actor nonconfrontation | -.10** | .03 | .17** | .04 |
| Actor solution orientation | .54** | .03 | -.39** | .04 |
| Actor control | .01 | .03 | .49** | .04 |
| Partner nonconfrontation | .01 | .03 | .03 | .04 |
| Partner solution orientation | .15** | .03 | -.11** | .04 |
| Partner control | -.01 | .03 | .13** | .04 |
a
-1 = younger sibling, 1 = older sibling.
b
-1 = female, 1 = male.
**
p < .01.