TABLE 1.

Interaction Effects for Parent Gender X Country and Tests of the Equality of the Correlations between Mothers and Fathers across 9 Countries

	F	Fa	Δχ2	Δχ2b
Attributions
Uncontrollable success	2.39*	2.29*	33.70***	--
Adult-controlled failure	2.48*	2.68**	31.37***	8.51c
Child-controlled failure	1.86	1.82	20.34***	7.80c
Perceived control over failure	1.01	1.10	30.15***	6.00c
Attitudes
Progressive attitudes	1.06	.82	17.85*	11.85c
Authoritarian attitudes	2.04*	1.28	52.70***	11.63d
Modernity of attitudes	1.92	.92	34.51***	11.02e

-- = Releasing one or two path coefficients did not improve model fit.

^aControlling for parental age, education, and possible social desirability bias.

^bΔχ² after releasing the path coefficient for mother-father correlation in one or two countries.

^cReleasing the path coefficient for Jordan.

^dReleasing the path coefficient for the Philippines and United States.

^eReleasing the path coefficient for the United States.

^*p ≤ .05.

^**p ≤ .01.

^***p ≤ .001.