Table 3.

Summary of Path Models Predicting Adolescent Romantic Relationship Involvement

Variables	Maternal Report Model			Paternal Report Model
	B	SE b	B	b	SE b	β
Middle Adolescents’ Involvement (T2)
Predictor Variables (T1)
Family structure (two-parent)	.23	.25	.10	.07	.27	.03
Supportive parenting	.12	.19	.08	.22	.18	.14
Consistent discipline	.06	.14	.05	.09	.15	.08
Interparental conflict	−.21	.18	−.13	−.16	.23	−.10
Parent-adolescent conflict	.68***	.19	.52	.30	.18	.21
Moderator Variables (T1)
Adolescents’ gender (boys)	.50**	.18	.25	.54**	.18	.27
Adolescents’ familism	.10	.23	.04	.27	.23	.11
Adolescents’ Anglo orientation	.12	.19	.07	−.05	.19	−.03
Adolescents’ Mexican orientation	.42**	.14	.29	.37*	.14	.25
Control Variable (T1)
Family SES	.19	.16	.15	.27	.17	.21
Interactions
Parent-adolescent conflict X gender	−.60*	.26	−.30
R2	.33**			.26**
Late Adolescents’ Involvement (T3)
Predictor Variables (T1)
Family structure (two-parent)	−.22	.31	−.09	−.17	.35	−.07
Supportive parenting	.27	.18	.17	.04	.44	.03
Consistent discipline	−.22	.17	−.19	.18	.28	.17
Interparental conflict	−.27**	.18	−.30	.16	.29	.11
Parent-adolescent conflict	.40*	.19	.31	.40	.25	.27
Moderator Variables (T1)
Adolescents’ gender (boys)	.10	.24	.05	.08	.24	.04
Adolescents’ familism	−.11	.28	−.05	−.09	.29	−.04
Adolescents’ Anglo orientation	−.09	.26	−.05	−.22	.28	−.12
Adolescents’ Mexican orientation	−.28	.18	−.19	−.15	.19	−.10
Control Variables (T1)
Family SES	.18	.18	.14	−.02	.20	−.01
Interactions
Supportive parenting X familism	−1.30*	.59	−.32
R2	.26*			.17

Note. Final models include only significant interaction terms. T1 = Time 1 (7^th grade), T2 = Time 2 (9^th grade), T3 = Time 3 (12^th grade). SES = socioeconomic status. Gender coded 0 = girls, 1 = boys. Family structure coded 0 = single-parent families, 1 = two-parent families.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.

(N = 189 families)