Table 2.
Descriptive statistics for the study variables (n = 1604)
| Description | Range | M | SD | Cronbach’s α |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marital conflict: Quality of Co-Parental Communication Scale (QCCS) | ||||
| Co-parental Conflict | 4–20 | 9.88 | 3.01 | .77 |
| Co-parental Support | 6–30 | 25.16 | 4.14 | .86 |
| Parenting practice: Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (APQ) | ||||
| Poor monitoring/supervision | 10–50 | 12.87 | 2.94 | .71 |
| Inconsistent discipline | 6–30 | 14.53 | 3.77 | .73 |
| Corporal punishment | 3–15 | 7.06 | 2.17 | .72 |
| Positive parenting | 6–30 | 22.35 | 3.49 | .76 |
| Involvement | 10–50 | 37.99 | 5.07 | .75 |
| Social competence: Social Skills Questionnaire (SSQ) | ||||
| Cooperation | 0–16 | 10.97 | 4.13 | .94 |
| Self-control | 0–16 | 14.18 | 2.64 | .90 |
| Assertion | 0–16 | 14.08 | 2.37 | .84 |
| Child adjustment: Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) | ||||
| T1 internalizing problems | 0–20 | 3.34 | 2.70 | .65 |
| T1 externalizing problems | 0–20 | 5.02 | 3.21 | .74 |
| T2 internalizing problems | 0–20 | 3.88 | 3.04 | .71 |
| T2 externalizing problems | 0–20 | 5.15 | 3.29 | .77 |
T1: Time 1, preschool; T2: Time 2, first grade