Table 3.

Standardized Parameter Estimates and Associated Standard Errors for Specific and Overall Mediated Effects from the Path Models (Figures 2 and 3)

	Child Ages
	3, 5, and 7 years	5, 7, and 11–12 years	7, 11–12, and 13–14 years
Parenting as the mediator of preceding and succeeding child effortful control:
Mothers’ overall parenting	.009 (.01)	.012 (.02)	.041 (.02)*
Poor discipline	.004 (.01)	.006 (.01)	.023 (.02)
Positive parenting	.005 (.01)	.006 (.01)	.018 (.01)
Fathers’ overall parenting	.010 (.01)	.015 (.02)	.021 (.02)
Poor discipline	.007 (.01)	−.002 (.01)	.013 (.02)
Positive parenting	.003 (.01)	.017 (.02)	.008 (.01)
Child effortful control as the mediator of preceding and succeeding parenting:
Mothers’ poor discipline	.000 (.01)	.009 (.01)	.004 (.01)
Fathers’ poor discipline	.004 (.01)	.005 (.01)	−.003 (.01)
Mothers’ positive parenting	−.001 (.004)	.004 (.01)	−.007 (.01)
Fathers’ positive parenting	.000 (.01)	.003 (.01)	.018 (.02)

Note: Tabled numbers denote b(SE).

^*p < .05.