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. 2015 Jan 7;71(4):602–612. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbu177

Table 2.

Effect of Individual and Relationship-Based Characteristics on Child-Reported Parent Stubbornness

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
Variables B SE B β B SE B β B SE B β B SE B β
Intercept 6.60*** 1.20 5.02*** 1.20 11.26*** 1.90 4.54* 2.06
Step 1
 Both parents living −1.06† 0.54 −0.14 −0.80 0.52 −0.11 −0.24 0.44 −0.03 −0.15 0.40 −0.02
 Child neuroticism 0.86* 0.34 0.18 0.79* 0.32 0.16 0.32 0.27 0.07 0.06 0.26 0.01
 Parent health −0.72** 0.23 −0.22 −0.45† 0.23 −0.14 −0.31 0.19 −0.09 −0.15 0.18 −0.04
Step 2
 Parent disability 0.97*** 0.22 0.30 0.84*** 0.19 0.26 0.61*** 0.18 0.19
Step 3
 Child reported positive RQ −2.01*** 0.30 −0.40 −1.13*** 0.32 −0.22
 Child reported negative RQ 0.64* 0.29 0.14 0.18 0.28 0.04
 Parent reported negative RQ 0.881** 0.32 0.17 1.04*** 0.30 0.20
Step 4
 Child use of avoidant coping 1.00*** 0.22 0.26
 Child stress of helping parent 0.73*** 0.20 0.24
R 2 0.11 0.19 0.46 0.55
 ∆R 2 0.08 0.27 0.11
F 7.23*** 10.60*** 21.22*** 23.89***

Notes: Models were run on N = 189 who had complete data on all variables of interest. Variables at each of the remaining steps were trimmed along the way when not significant, to result in the final model presented here. RQ = relationship quality.

p < .10. *p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.

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