Table 1.

Guided Cognitive Reframing by Mother with Family Type by Ethnicity Mean Scores Comparisons

Indicators of Guided Cognitive Reframing	Family type	Mean (SD)	Main Effect by Ethnicity	Main Effect by Father Type	Ethnicity by Father Type Interaction
1. Frequency of talking to mother  Scoring: (1) never to (7) almost always	EA/Intact	4.49 (1.27)	ns	ns	ns
	EA/Step	4.34 (1.49)
	MA/Intact	4.60 (1.30)
	MA/Step	4.16 (1.40)
	Total	4.41 (1.36)
2. Mother provides a reason  Scoring: (1) never to (7) almost always	EA/Intact	5.25 (1.25)	ns	F(1, 264) = 18.79***	ns
	EA/Step	4.65 (1.51)
	MA/Intact	5.37 (1.14)
	MA/Step	4.91 (1.33)
	Total	5.07 (1.33)
3. Mother’s response to request for reframing  Scoring: (1) very likely to criticize to (7) very likely to support father/stepfather	EA/Intact	3.15 (1.06)	ns	ns	ns
	EA/Step	3.24 (1.22)
	MA/Intact	2.76 (1.01)
	MA/Step	3.14 (0.95)
	Total	3.07 (1.08)
4. Feel better about father/stepfather after reframing by mother  Scoring: (1) a lot worse about relationship to (5) a lot better about relationship with father/stepfather	EA/Intact	4.09 (0.79)	ns	ns	F(1, 264) = 3.97*
	EA/Step	3.61 (1.06)
	MA/Intact	3.76 (0.79)
	MA/Step	3.77 (1.07)
	Total	3.82 (0.98)
5. Feel better about self after reframing by mother  Scoring: (1) a lot worse about self to (5) a lot better about self	EA/Intact	3.82 (0.98)	ns	ns	ns
	EA/Step	3.55 (0.82)
	MA/Intact	3.81 (0.92)
	MA/Step	3.75 (1.14)
	Total	3.74 (0.97)

Note: EA = European American; MA = Mexican American; Intact = two biological parent families; Step = the mother is a biological parent and the co-resident father is stepparent; N = 268 (n = 79 for EA/Intact; n = 62 for EA/Step; n = 70 for MA/Intact; n = 57 for MA/Step)

^*p < .05;

^***p < .001