Table 3.

Logistic regressions predicting physical conflict and verbal abuse (N = 792)

			Physical conflict						Verbal abuse
	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 1		Model 2		Model 3
	OR	SE	OR	SE	OR	SE	OR	SE	OR	SE	OR	SE
Stably broken  up	0.98	0.24	0.93	0.24	0.76	0.23	1.12	0.25	1.13	0.26	0.77	0.21
Churning	3.64***	0.60	3.27***	0.56	1.99***	0.39	2.45***	0.39	2.46***	0.41	1.42†	0.27
Age			1.02	0.05	0.98	0.05			1.08†	0.05	1.05	0.05
Male			1.31†	0.21	1.57*	0.29			1.48**	0.22	1.63**	0.28
Black			1.35	0.28	1.32	0.30			0.85	0.17	0.72	0.16
Hispanic			1.66	0.56	1.74	0.64			1.17	0.38	1.23	0.43
Other race			1.58	0.53	1.72	0.62			1.11	0.37	1.14	0.40
Single Parent			0.97	0.20	0.82	0.18			0.94	0.18	0.80	0.16
Stepparent			1.63*	0.35	1.44	0.33			1.38	0.29	1.26	0.28
Other living  arrangement			1.12	0.42	1.08	0.43			0.82	0.30	0.82	0.32
Parent – less  than high  school			1.84*	0.48	1.81*	0.52			1.40	0.36	1.38	0.39
Parent – some  college			1.01	0.19	0.96	0.20			1.05	0.19	1.01	0.20
Parent – college  or more			0.94	0.21	1.08	0.26			1.01	0.21	1.15	0.26
Conflict history  scale – parent			1.23†	0.15	1.21	0.16			0.93	0.11	0.87	0.11
Conflict history  scale – child			0.96	0.22	0.90	0.22			1.28	0.34	1.31	0.37
Adolescent  temper			1.18*	0.08	1.13†	0.08			1.13†	0.07	1.09	0.07
Cohabitation					1.39	0.30					1.38	0.28
Relationship  duration					1.19*	0.08					1.15*	0.07
Self-esteem					0.95†	0.03					0.92**	0.03
Sense of control					0.62*	0.14					1.06	0.23
Intimate self-  disclosure					1.01	0.03					1.01	0.23
Love					1.11	0.13					1.08	0.12
Validation					1.02	0.06					0.96	0.06
Commitment					0.92	0.08					0.79**	0.07
Asymmetry–  need					1.14	0.11					1.03	0.10
Asymmetry–  do for partner					1.18†	0.11					1.09	0.10
Relationship  alternatives					1.12	0.10					1.18*	0.10
Communication  skills					0.90	0.10					0.98	0.10
Mistrust of  partner					1.41***	0.12					1.45***	0.12
Pseudo R-  squared	0.07		0.11		0.20		0.03		0.06		0.14

Note: reference categories: stably together, female, White, two-parent family, parent – high school degree, dating

^†p<.10.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001