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. 2015 Jan 29;2:149. doi: 10.3389/fped.2014.00149

Table 1.

Effects of family intactness on family functioning, parental control, and parent–child relational qualities.

Variables Mean SD Reliability Intact
Non-intact
Mean square F Effect size
Mean SD Mean SD
Family functioning Omnibus F 39.44** 0.041
Mutuality 3.90 0.89 0.87 3.98 0.86 3.51 0.97 86.38 112.16** 0.038
Conflicts 2.17 0.92 0.76 2.11 0.90 2.48 0.93 54.76 66.37** 0.023
Communications 3.51 1.01 0.81 3.59 0.98 3.13 1.05 79.80 80.81** 0.028
Paternal parenting Omnibus F 25.80** 0.057
Paternal knowledge 2.50 0.78 0.83 2.58 0.74 2.13 0.84 69.23 120.35** 0.045
Paternal expectation 2.74 0.74 0.68 2.79 0.71 2.48 0.87 31.84 58.67** 0.022
Paternal monitoring 2.49 0.80 0.86 2.54 0.77 2.22 0.88 33.70 53.90** 0.021
Paternal psychological control 2.26 0.73 0.80 2.28 0.71 2.18 0.80 3.17 5.98* 0.002
Satisfaction with paternal control 2.93 0.73 0.88 2.99 0.68 2.63 0.86 45.70 89.16** 0.034
Father–child relationship 2.67 0.82 0.85 2.74 0.78 2.30 0.90 66.26 103.09** 0.039
Maternal parenting Omnibus F 10.69** 0.022
Maternal knowledge 3.05 0.75 0.86 3.10 0.71 2.82 0.87 29.98 54.78** 0.019
Maternal expectation 3.03 0.68 0.68 3.05 0.67 2.88 0.75 11.42 24.55** 0.009
Maternal monitoring 3.00 0.74 0.87 3.04 0.71 2.79 0.84 23.93 44.71** 0.016
Maternal psychological control 2.34 0.79 0.85 2.33 0.78 2.38 0.83 1.01 1.64 0.001
Satisfaction with maternal control 3.10 0.68 0.88 3.12 0.67 2.98 0.75 8.23 17.75** 0.006
Mother–child relationship 2.99 0.80 0.87 3.03 0.77 2.80 0.88 20.10 32.16** 0.011

Intact, intact families; non-intact, non-intact families; reliability, internal consistency reliability coefficient. The Spearman–Brown coefficients were calculated for the reliability of the subscales of Paternal knowledge, Paternal expectation, Maternal knowledge, and Maternal expectation; whereas, Cronbach’s alpha coefficients were calculated for the reliability of the other subscales.

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.001.