Table 2.

Means, Standard Deviations, and Paired T-Tests Comparing Mothers’ and Fathers’ Reports of the Frequency ofMothers’ Behavior

	Mother Report M (SD)	Father Report M (SD)	t
Tried to discuss calmly	4.73 (1.55)	4.22 (1.68)	3.36***
Did discuss calmly	4.67 (1.44)	4.23 (1.45)	3.44***
Got information to back up side	2.60 (1.93)	2.04 (1.72)	2.72**
Brought in someone to help	1.10 (1.68)	1.10 (1.52)	-.04
Argued heatedly	2.17 (1.76)	2.31 (1.69)	-.84
Yelled	1.96 (1.90)	1.69 (1.84)	1.40
Sulked	.58 (.99)	.57 (1.05)	-.12
Stomped out	.53 (.90)	.41 (.82)	1.19
Threw, smashed, or kicked something	.27 (.71)	.15 (.46)	1.89
Threatened to throw something at child	.05 (.29)	.08 (.45)	-.73
Threw something at child	.04 (.23)	.04 (.40)	.17
Pushed, grabbed, or shoved child	.64 (1.05)	.67 (1.19)	-.27
Threatened to spank	3.33 (1.77)	3.17 (1.88)	1.20
Spanked	2.51 (1.59)	2.27 (1.56)	2.16*
Spanked with something	.93 (1.44)	.89 (1.47)	.37
Threatened to hit	.55 (1.31)	.18 (.68)	3.23**
Hit or tried to hit	.33 (.93)	.10 (.52)	2.58*
Hit or tried to hit with something	.07 (.34)	.02 (.14)	1.80
Threatened to beat up	.02 (.14)	.00 (.00)	1.74
Beat up	.00 (.00)	.00 (.00)	N/A

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.