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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 4. Factors predicting wife-to-husband aggression.

Main Effects Model Full Model

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

Time 0.91 0.06 0.80, 1.04 0.88* 0.06 0.78, 0.99
W Covariates
 Age 0.96* 0.02 0.92, 0.99 0.95* 0.02 0.92, 0.99
 Parent prior to marriage 1.33 0.26 0.92, 1.95 1.11 0.21 0.75, 1.63
 Months cohabiting prior to marriage 1.00 0.00 1.00, 1.01 1.00 0.00 1.00, 1.01
 Education 0.56* 0.122 0.36, 0.86 0.63* 0.13 0.42, 0.94
 Race/ethnicity 0.70* 0.12 0.50, 0.98 0.71̂ 0.13 0.49, 1.00
 Employment 1.23 0.14 0.99, 1.53 1.21 0.14 0.98, 1.51
Partner Effects
 Lagged H Hostility 1.31÷ 0.19 0.99, 1.75 1.17 0.15 0.91, 1.50
 Lagged H ADS 1.05** 0.01 1.02, 1.08 1.05*** 0.01 1.03, 1.08
Individual Factors
 Lagged W Hostility 1.29 0.21 0.94, 1.76 1.16 0.19 0.83, 1.61
 Lagged W Daily Hassles 1.61* 0.31 1.11, 2.33 1.36 0.29 0.89, 2.10
 Lagged W Coping 1.53* 0.26 1.10, 2.13 0.41*** 0.09 0.27, 0.62
 Lagged W ADS 0.97 0.02 0.94, 1.10 0.97 0.02 0.94, 1.01
Interaction Effects
 W Coping × daily hassles 1.31** 0.11 1.11, 1.55
 W ADS × daily hassles 0.97 0.02 0.93, 1.03
 W Coping × hostility 1.29** 0.10 1.09, 1.51
 W ADS × hostility 1.03 0.03 0.97, 1.10
 W ADS × coping 1.02 0.02 0.98, 1.05
 W ADS × W coping × hostility 0.97̂ 0.01 0.95, 1.01
 Daily hassles × ADS × hostility 1.02 0.02 0.98, 1.04

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

***

p< .001;

**

p< .01;

*

p< .05;

÷

I< .07