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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Marriage Fam. 2016 Sep 15;79(1):161–178. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12354

Table 2.

Fixed Effects Regression Models Predicting the Association Between Relationship Aggression and Parenting Stress (N = 973)

Mothers Fathers
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
Frequency of aggression
  Fathers .22 .20 .21 .31**
(.12) (.12) (.12) (.12)
  Mothers .20 .11 .17 .16
(.11) (.11) (.11) (.11)
Perpetration-victimization
typec
  Mutual aggression .18***b .14*b .09 .09
(.05) (.06) (.05) (.05)
  Mother-only aggression .09*a .06a .11*** .11**
(.04) (.04) (.04) (.04)
  Father-only aggression .19*** .19***b .18** .18**
(.05) (.05) (.06) (.05)
Father non-employedc .10 .10 −.01 −.04
(.07) (.07) (.09) (.09)
Father employed part-timec .18** .18** −.16** −.17**
(.06) (.06) (.06) (.06)
Father nonstandard work
schedule
.01 .01 .11*** .10**
(.03) (.03) (.03) (.03)
Father multiple job holding .12* .14** −.03 −.01
(.05) (.05) (.04) (.04)
Father ever in jail −.08 −.05 −.29 −.27
(.14) (.14) (.15) (.15)
Income-to-poverty ratio −.01* −.01* .00 .00
(.01) (.01) (.01) (.01)
Mother non-employedc .17** .18*** −.09 −.07
(.05) (.05) (.07) (.06)
Mother employed part-timec .11* .12* −.18** −.16**
(.06) (.05) (.06) (.06)
Mother nonstandard work
schedule
.09 .09* −.20* −.20**
(.05) (.05) (.07) (.07)
Mother multiple job holding −.07 −.06 −.03 −.04
(.07) (.07) (.07) (.07)
Number of children .05 .05 .05* .05*
(.03) (.03) (.02) (.02)
Child health −.04 −.03 −.01 −.01
(.08) (.08) (.02) (.02)
Cohabitingc .24** .25** −.18* −.18*
(.09) (.09) (.08) (.08)
Wave 4c −.07*** −.06** −.06*** −.06** −.13*** −.12*** −.13*** −.12***
(.02) (.02) (.02) (.02) (.02) (.02) (.02) (.02)
*

p < .05

**

p < .01

***

p < .001. Unstandardized coefficients are reported, with standard errors in parentheses.

a

Differences from mutual aggression is significant at p <.05 or less.

b

Differences from mother-only aggression is significant at p <.05 or less.

c

Omitted reference categories include: No aggression, father full-time employed, mother full-time employed, married, and wave 3. All models used the national weights.