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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Fam Psychol. 2008 Dec;22(6):894–904. doi: 10.1037/a0013250

Table 3. Factors predicting husband-to-wife aggression.

Main Effects Model Full Model

Risk Ratio Standard Error 95% CI Risk Ratio Standard Error 95% CI

Time 0.85*** 0.04 0.78, 0.93 0.90* 0.04 0.82, 0.99
H Covariates
 Age 0.95* 0.02 0.92, 0.99 0.96* 0.02 0.92, 0.99
 Parent prior to marriage 1.50 0.29 0.99, 2.16 1.51* 0.31 1.01, 2.25
 Months cohabiting prior to marriage 1.00 0.00 1.00, 1.01 1.00 0.00 1.00, 1.01
 Education 0.62* 0.11 0.43, 0.89 0.75 0.15 0.51, 1.11
 Race/ethnicity 0.56* 0.10 0.39, 0.81 0.57** 0.11 0.39, 0.84
 Employment 1.20 0.18 0.89, 1.61 1.10 0.17 0.81, 1.50
Partner Factors
 Lagged W Hostility 1.76*** 0.26 1.31, 2.35 1.51** 0.18 1.19, 1.91
 Lagged W ADS 1.02 0.02 0.98, 1.05 1.02 0.02 0.99, 1.06
Individual Factors
 Lagged H Hostility 1.33* 0.19 1.01, 1.77 1.18 0.14 0.94, 1.48
 Lagged H Daily Hassles 1.15 0.29 0.70, 1.89 1.16 0.27 0.74, 1.81
 Lagged H Coping 1.82** 0.34 1.27, 2.62 0.64 0.16 0.39, 1.06
 Lagged H ADS 0.98 0.02 0.95, 1.02 0.98 0.01 0.96, 1.01
Interaction Effects
 H Coping × daily hassles 1.08 0.14 0.84, 1.39
 H ADS × daily hassles 0.99 0.04 0.91, 1.07
 H Coping × hostility 1.32** 0.011 1.12, 1.54
 H ADS × hostility 1.03 0.02 0.99, 1.07
 H ADS × coping 1.05 0.05 0.97, 1.15
 H ADS × H coping × hostility 0.95* 0.02 0.92, 0.99
 H Daily hassles × ADS × hostility 1.03 0.02 0.99, 1.07

Note: H = Husband; W = Wife; ADS = Alcohol Dependence Scale. Italicized variables are lagged, time varying predictors.

***

p< .001;

**

p< .01;

*

p< .05