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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 3.

Fixed Effects Regression Models Predicting the Association Between Relationship Aggression and Engagement with Children (N = 973)

Mothers Fathers

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
Frequency of aggression
  Fathers .13 .18 −.90** −.39
(.30) (.31) (.35) (.35)
  Mothers −.08 .10 −.67* −.41
(.28) (.28) (.33) (.32)
Perpetration-victimization
typec
  Mutual aggression −.28* −.20 −.71***b −.55**b
(.12) (.13) (.16) (.16)
  Mother-only aggression −.32*** −.25** −.22a −.14a
(.10) (.10) (.11) (.12)
  Father-only aggression −.13 −.11 −.60***b −.56***b
(.12) (.12) (.14) (.13)
Father non-employedc −.22 −.20 .51* .46*
(.18) (.17) (.20) (.19)
Father employed part-
timec
−.64*** −.58*** −.69*** −.68***
(.16) (.16) (.18) (.18)
Father nonstandard work
schedule
.10 .10 −.03 −.05
(.08) (.08) (.10) (.09)
Father multiple job
holding
−.02 −.01 −.57*** −.63***
(.13) (.13) (.14) (.14)
Father ever in jail .57 .49 −.04 −.14
(.35) (.35) (.40) (.40)
Income-to-poverty ratio −.01 −.01 .01 .01
(.01) (.02) (.02) (.02)
Mother non-employedc −.02 −.02 −.07 −.10
(.19) (.20) (.21) (.21)
Mother employed part-
timec
−.07 −.06 −.56** −.52**
(.16) (.16) (.19) (.19)
Mother nonstandard work
schedule
−.03 −.04 .50*** .47**
(.15) (.15) (.15) (.15)
Mother multiple job
holding
.11 .13 −.11 −.14
(.19) (.19) (.23) (.23)
Number of children .03 .04 −.04 −.02
(.06) (.06) (.07) (.07)
Child health .08 .08 .18 .17
(.19) (.18) (.19) (.19)
Cohabitingc −.94*** −.95*** −1.16*** −1.19***
(.22) (.22) (.25) (.25)
Wave 4c −.64*** −.72*** −.66*** −.73*** −.55*** −.63*** −.57*** −.64***
(.05) (.05) (.05) (.05) (.06) (.06) (.06) (.06)
*

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.