Table 2.

Summary of direct and indirect associations from the multi-group analysis testing difference score and perceptions based measures of differential treatment as linked with adolescent substance use and delinquency.

Path	Low Int/Low Con (n = 112)	Low Int/High Con (n = 162)	High Int/Low Con (n = 180)	High Int/High Con (n = 108)
Direct Associations
Maternal DC → Maternal PPDT	.41***	.10	.22***	.37***
Maternal DI → Maternal PPDT	.25***	.17*	.44***	.17**
Paternal DC → Paternal PPDT	.22***	.00	.05	.20***
Paternal DI → Paternal PPDT	.30***	.43***	.26***	.30***
Maternal DC → Delinquency	.53	1.18	1.05	.78
Maternal DI → Delinquency	.10	.10	.09	.02
Maternal PPDT → Delinquency	.14	.06	−.02	.19**
Paternal DC → Delinquency	.12	.04	.17	−.06
Paternal DI → Delinquency	.16*	−.08	−.02	−.13
Paternal PPDT → Delinquency	−.08	.00	.03	.02
Maternal DC → Substance Use	.70	1.17	.63	1.06
Maternal DI → Substance Use	.53	1.18	1.05	.78
Maternal PPDT → Substance Use	1.87***	.91	1.34	1.23
Paternal DC → Substance Use	1.02	1.15	1.13	1.02
Paternal DI → Substance Use	1.18	.80	1.09	.70
Paternal PPDT → Substance Use	1.02	1.01	1.09	1.08
Indirect Associations
Maternal DC → Maternal PPDT → Delinquency	.06	.01	−.01	.07*
Maternal DI → Maternal PPDT → Delinquency	.04	.01	−.01	.03
Paternal DC → Paternal PPDT → Delinquency	−.03	.00	.00	.00
Paternal DI → Paternal PPDT → Delinquency	−.02	.00	.01	.01
Maternal DC → Maternal PPDT → Substance Use	1.21*	.99	1.14	1.14
Maternal DI → Maternal PPDT → Substance Use	1.13*	.96	1.28	1.11
Paternal DC → Paternal PPDT → Substance Use	1.01	1.00	1.01	1.02
Paternal DI → Paternal PPDT → Substance Use	1.01	1.01	1.04	1.05

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

^***p < .001.

Note: All coefficients are presented as standardized betas except for paths linked with substance use, which are presented as odds ratios. Con = conflict. Int = intimacy. DC = differential conflict. DI = differential intimacy. PPDT = perception of parental differential treatment.