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. 2009 Feb;46(1):85–101. doi: 10.1353/dem.0.0043

Table 5.

OLS Regression Models Predicting Family Processes Using Adolescent, Mother, and Combined Reports of Family Structurea (unstandardized coefficients shown)

Adolescent Report Closeness
Family Connectedness
Autonomy
Model 1a Model 1b Model 1c Model 1d Model 1e Model 1f
Cohabiting Stepparent Family –0.72** –0.68** –1.12*** –1.09*** –0.11 –0.15
Married Stepparent Family –0.19 –0.18 –0.62*** –0.61*** 0.03 0.02
Single-Mother Family –0.22** –0.21* –0.42*** –0.41*** –0.09 –0.11*
Boundary Ambiguity –0.16 –0.09 0.16**
Mother Report Model 2a Model 2b Model 2c Model 2d Model 2e Model 2f

Cohabiting Stepparent Family –0.61*** –0.61** –0.60*** –0.72*** –0.04 –0.16
Married Stepparent Family –0.20* –0.20* –0.63*** –0.68*** 0.00 –0.05
Single-Mother Family –0.21* –0.21* –0.43*** –0.46*** –0.05 0.07
Boundary Ambiguity –0.01 0.19 0.19**
Combined Report Model 3a Model 3c Model 3e

Cohabiting Stepparent Family –0.90*** –1.24*** –0.23*
Married Stepparent Family –0.19 –0.72*** 0.01
Single-Mother Family –0.19 –0.41*** –0.11*
Boundary Ambiguity –0.33*** –0.44*** 0.10

Notes: N = 14,047. Models are corrected for the complex sampling design of the Add Health. Coefficients in gray boxes are significantly different from cohabiting stepfamily.

Source: Add Health Wave 1.

a

The reference category is two-biological-parent family.

*

p < .05;

**

p < .01;

***

p < .001