Table 3.
Direct and Indirect Ambivalence and Psychological Well-Being (Adult Children Only)
| Depressive symptoms |
Positive affect |
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| Model 1 Direct only | Model 2 Indirect only | Model 3 Direct and indirect | Model 4 Direct only | Model 5 Indirect only | Model 6 Direct and indirect | |
| β (SE) | β (SE) | β (SE) | β (SE) | β (SE) | β (SE) | |
| Daughter | .00 (0.54) | .03 (0.54) | .01 (0.54) | .10 (0.50) | .06 (0.51) | .10 (0.51) |
| Married | −.16 (0.25) | −.16 (0.60) | −.16** (0.60) | .09 (0.24) | .09 (0.57) | .09 (0.56) |
| Subjective health | −.40** (0.25) | −.41* (0.26) | −.41** (0.25) | .29** (0.24) | .30** (0.24) | .29** (0.24) |
| Non-White | −.04 (0.15) | −.53 (0.67) | −.04 (0.66) | .18** (0.61) | .19** (0.63) | .18 (0.62) |
| Direct ambivalence | .15** (0.15) | — | .14* (0.16) | −.24** (0.14) | — | −.23** (0.15) |
| Indirect ambivalence | — | .08 (0.10) | .03 (0.11) | — | −.08 (0.10) | −.01 (0.10) |
| Model statistics | ||||||
| R2 | .23 | .22 | .24 | .16 | .11 | .16 |
| df | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| N | 254 | 254 | 254 | 254 | 254 | 254 |
Note: df = degrees of freedom.
*p < .05; **p < .01.