Table 3.

Structural Model Predicting Adolescents’ Relationship with their Stepfather

				Positive Stepfather- Stepchild Relationship	Positive Mother- Child Relationship	Positive Nonresident Father-Child Relationship	Positive Mother- Stepfather Relationship
Family Relationships
Positive Mother-Child Relations				0.536***
Positive Nonresident Father-Child Relations				−0.033
Positive Mother-Stepfather Relations				0.299***
Child’s Characteristics
Female				−0.188**	0.173*	−0.137*	0.004
Age				−0.092**	−0.203***	0.002	0.042
Hispanica				−0.191	−0.091	−0.312***	0.095
Blacka				0.026	0.062	−0.018	−0.077*
Other Racea				−0.018	0.213	−0.347***	−0.228
Religiosity				0.086*	0.252***	0.126***	0.035
Family Characteristics
Years in Stepfamily				0.100*	−0.007	−0.173***	−0.178***
Stepfather’s Education				0.010	0.122***	0.106***	0.017
# of Full Siblings				0.098**	0.029	0.022	−0.002
# of Half Siblings				0.002	0.035	−0.027	0.038
# of Step Siblings				−0.010	0.029	−0.037	0.019
Child was born in marriage				0.043	0.084	0.219***	0.042
# of prior father figures				−0.003	0.009	−0.016	−0.036
R-square				0.488	0.164	0.155	0.042
N	2085	RMSEA	0.03
Chi-Square	601.23	CFI	0.91
DF	177

Note: Coefficients for the family relations variables are fully standardized. Coefficients for all other variables are standardized on the dependent variable only.

^aWhite is reference group;

^*p < 0.05,

^**p < 0.01,

^***p < 0.001.