Table 3.

Estimated Parameters of Structural Equation Models for Family Conflict (Husbands’, Wives’, and Children’s Reports)

	Child Externalizing Problems		Model 3 (residualized)
	Model 1 (path b)	Model 2 (paths b & a)
Fit indices
BIC	18267.852	18274.553	17901.440
RMSEA	0.064	0.065	0.063
SRMR	0.056	0.056	0.056
χ2	198.445	198.381	191.895
df	71	70	70
Parameters
σ2(A)	0.196***	0.194***	0.195***
σ2(E)	0.266***	0.268***	0.269***
a	= 0	0.054	0.066
b	0.607***	0.583***	0.588***
rMZ	0.085†	0.083†	0.087†
rDZ	0.091*	0.090*	0.068
	Child Internalizing Problems		Model 3 (residualized)
	Model 1 (path b)	Model 2 (paths b & a)
Fit indices
BIC	18177.710	18184.302	17842.968
RMSEA	0.062	0.063	0.062
SRMR	0.065	0.065	0.065
χ2	189.553	189.380	184.918
df	71	70	70
Parameters
σ2(A)	0.210***	0.208***	0.208***
σ2(E)	0.298***	0.300***	0.299***
a	= 0	0.087	0.162
b	0.381***	0.346***	0.318**
rMZ	0.165***	0.162**	0.125*
rDZ	0.071	0.070	0.087†

Note. σ²(A) = variance of A; σ²(E) = variance of E; a = unstandardized regression coefficient for path a; b = unstandardized regression coefficient for direct path; r_MZ = residual offspring (cousin) correlation for MZ twins; r_DZ = residual offspring (cousin) correlation for DZ twins.

^†p < 10,

^*p < .05,

^**p < .01,

^***p < .001.