Table 4.
Summary of Path Models Predicting Adolescent Grade Romantic Relationship Quality
| Variables | Maternal Report Model | Paternal Report Model | ||||
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| B | SE b | B | b | SE b | β | |
| Middle Adolescents’ Romantic Relationship Intimacy (T2) | ||||||
| Predictor Variables (T1) | ||||||
| Family structure (two-parent) | −.26 | .20 | −.14 | −.18 | .22 | −.09 |
| Supportive parenting | .47** | .14 | .38 | .12 | .14 | .10 |
| Consistent discipline | −.28** | .10 | −.31 | −.10 | .10 | −.11 |
| Interparental conflict | −.11 | .15 | −.09 | .37† | .20 | .29 |
| Parent-adolescent conflict | .16 | .12 | .16 | −.16 | .12 | −.14 |
| Moderator Variables (T1) | ||||||
| Adolescents’ gender (boys) | −.40** | .15 | −.26 | −.39* | .16 | −.24 |
| Adolescents’ familism values | .63** | .19 | .35 | .46* | .19 | .25 |
| Adolescents’ Anglo orientation | .11 | .13 | .08 | .30* | .14 | .21 |
| Adolescents’ Mexican orientation | −.15 | .13 | −.13 | −.15 | .15 | −.13 |
| Control Variable (T1) | ||||||
| Family SES | .15 | .10 | .15 | .12 | .11 | .11 |
| Interactions | ||||||
| Consistent discipline X Mexican orientation | .50** | .18 | .35 | |||
| Interparental conflict X gender | −.61* | .26 | −.27 | |||
| R2 | .37*** | .35*** | ||||
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| Late Adolescents’ Romantic Relationship Attachment (T3) | ||||||
| Predictor Variables (T1) | ||||||
| Family structure (two-parent) | .29* | .14 | .19 | .05 | .15 | .04 |
| Supportive parenting | .12 | .11 | .12 | .35* | .15 | .35 |
| Consistent discipline | .13 | .10 | .17 | −.20* | .10 | −.29 |
| Interparental conflict | .04 | .11 | .04 | −.15 | .11 | −.16 |
| Parent-adolescent conflict | −.06 | .08 | −.07 | −.06 | .10 | −.07 |
| Moderator Variables (T1) | ||||||
| Adolescents’ gender (boys) | −.22* | .11 | −.17 | −.22* | .11 | −.17 |
| Adolescents’ familism values | .15 | .12 | .10 | .08 | .12 | .06 |
| Adolescents’ Anglo orientation | .02 | .11 | .02 | .04 | .11 | .03 |
| Adolescents’ Mexican orientation | .06 | .09 | .06 | .02 | .09 | .02 |
| Control Variable (T1) | ||||||
| Family SES | .10 | .08 | .12 | .06 | .10 | .07 |
| Interactions | ||||||
| Consistent discipline X gender | −.38** | .14 | −.30 | |||
| Supportive parenting X Anglo orientation | .59** | .21 | .35 | |||
| Supportive parenting X Mexican orientation | .31* | .14 | .21 | |||
| R2 | .22** | .34*** | ||||
Note. Final models include only significant interaction terms. T1 = Time 1 (7th grade), T2 = Time 2 (9th grade), T3 = Time 3 (12th grade). SES = socioeconomic status. Gender coded 0 = girls, 1 = boys. Family structure coded 0 = single-parent families, 1 = two-parent families.
†
p < .10.
*
p .05.
**
p < .01.
***
p < .001
(N = 189 families)