Table 3.

Summary of Hierarchical Regression Analyses for Child Behaviors Predicting Conflict

Variable	B	SE	β	R2	ΔR2
Child behaviors on mother report of frequency of conflict
Step 1				.041
Mother’s age	−0.074	0.121	−.059
Mother’s education	2.029	01.7	.113
Mother’s marital status	2.943	1.594	.168
Step 2				.085	.044
Respect for parental authority	− 1.030	0.440	−.214*
Ethnicity	− 1.368	1.651	−.080
Step 3				.108	.023
Respect × Ethnicity	0.864	0.498	.747
Child behaviors on mother report of intensity of conflict
Step 1				.129
Mother’s age	−0.015	0.004	−.350
Mother’s education	0.093	0.058	.146
Mother’s marital status	0.058	0.054	.094
Step 2				.142	.013
Respect for parental authority	−0.019	0.015	−.116
Ethnicity	−0.006	0.057	−.010
Step 3				.181	.039*
Respect × Ethnicity	0.039	0.017	.972*

^*p < .05.