Table 2.
Estimated Standardized/Unstandardized Factor Loadings
| Grandchild gender | Grandchild age | Grandmother race | Grandmother age | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latent factors indicators | Boys (n = 342) |
Girls (n = 391) |
4-7 (n = 235) |
8-11 (n = 247) |
12-17 (n = 251) |
White (n = 367) |
Black (n = 366) |
≤ 55 (n = 342) |
> 55 (n = 391) |
| Grandchild Internalizing Problems | |||||||||
| Emotional symptoms | .83/1.00 | .71/1.00 | .73/1.00 | .70/1.00 | .86/1.00 | .75/1.00 | .78/1.00 | .73/1.00 | .79/1.00 |
| Peer problems | .68/.76 | .68/.76 | .63/.76 | .61/.76 | .77/.76 | .68/.77 | .68/.77 | .67/.78 | .70/.78 |
| Grandchild Externalizing Problems | |||||||||
| Conduct disorder | .82/1.00 | .81/1.00 | .81/1.00 | .83/1.00 | .79/1.00 | .82/1.00 | .81/1.00 | .79/1.00 | .84/1.00 |
| Hyperactive/inattentive | .73/1.17 | .78/1.17 | .76/1.19 | .77/1.19 | .74/1.19 | .76/1.17 | .75/1.17 | .76/1.18 | .75/1.18 |
| Grandmother Psychological Distress | |||||||||
| Anxiety | .80/.10 | .76/.10 | .78/.10 | .76/.10 | .78/.10 | .75/.10 | .80/.10 | .80/.10 | .72/.10 |
| Depression | .84/1.00 | .83/1.00 | .83/1.00 | .82/1.00 | .86/1.00 | .80/1.00 | .88/1.00 | .89/1.00 | .80/1.00 |
| Dysfunctional Parenting | |||||||||
| Ineffective disciplinea | .73/.44 | .67/.45 | .76/.45 | .71/.45 | .68/.45 | .64/.44 | .75/.44 | .69/.45 | .73/.45 |
| Harsh | .62/1.00 | .64/1.00 | .59/1.00 | .61/1.00 | .70/1.00 | .68/1.00 | .59/1.00 | .65/1.00 | .63/1.00 |
| Inconsistent | .59/.97 | .76/1.00 | .56/.94 | .60/.94 | .66/.94 | .64/.99 | .65/.99 | .61/.94 | .62/.94 |
| Low Nurturancea | .83/1.00 | .76/1.00 | .86/1.00 | .77/1.00 | .84/1.00 | .80/1.00 | .80/1.00 | .77/1.00 | .84/1.00 |
| Attachment | .83/1.06 | .86/1.06 | .85/1.05 | .81/1.05 | .83/1.05 | .86/1.09 | .86/1.09 | .84/1.06 | .84/1.06 |
| Reinforcement | .77/1.00 | .83/1.00 | .77/1.00 | .85/1.00 | .80/1.00 | .76/1.00 | .82/1.00 | .81/1.00 | .79/1.00 |
| Social Support | |||||||||
| Expressive support | .68/3.20 | .68/3.19 | .70/3.27 | .69/3.27 | .68/3.27 | .69/3.26 | .69/3.26 | .68/3.30 | .71/3.30 |
| Family/friends | .76/1.00 | .71/1.00 | .77/1.00 | .72/1.00 | .68/1.00 | .76/1.00 | .68/1.00 | .73/1.00 | .71/1.00 |
| Family Dysfunction | |||||||||
| Boundary ambiguity | .81/.70 | .78/.70 | .82/.70 | .76/70 | .82/.70 | .82/.79 | .86/.79 | .80/.74 | .84/.74 |
| Anger | .81/1.00 | .80/1.00 | .79/1.00 | .81/1.00 | .81/1.00 | .74/1.00 | .79/1.00 | .82/1.00 | .75/1.00 |
Note: All factor loadings were statistically significant (p < .05). One indicator per factor had its loading fixed at 1.00 to establish the factor scale.
a
Value in this row represent loadings on the second order Dysfunction Parenting factor.