Table 7.
Autoregressive, cross-lagged, and contemporaneous associations between mother and father control and child internalizing behavior across 12 cultures separated into low, average, and high control groups
| Group Predictors/correlates |
Low control group | Average control group | High control group | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β | SE | β | SE | β | SE | |
| Predictors/correlates of Age 8 Child Internalizing Behavior | ||||||
| Age 8 Mother Control † | .06* | .03 | .05* | .02 | .05* | .02 |
| Age 8 Father Control | .13** | .04 | .07 | .09 | .02 | .04 |
| Predictors/correlates of Age 8 Mother Control | ||||||
| Age 8 Child Internalizing Behavior † | .06* | .03 | .05* | .02 | .05* | .02 |
| Age 8 Father Control † | .40** | .03 | .42** | .04 | .38** | .03 |
| Predictors/correlates of Age 8 Father Control | ||||||
| Age 8 Child Internalizing Behavior | .13** | .04 | .07 | .09 | .02 | .04 |
| Age 8 Mother Control † | .40** | .03 | .42** | .04 | .38** | .03 |
| Predictors/correlates of Age 9 Child Internalizing Behavior | ||||||
| Age 8 Mother Control † | .04 | .02 | .04 | .03 | .04 | .02 |
| Age 8 Father Control1 † | −.03* | .02 | −.02* | .01 | −.03* | .01 |
| Age 8 Internalizing Behavior † | .59** | .02 | .64** | .04 | .63** | .02 |
| Age 9 Mother Control † | .08** | .03 | .07** | .03 | .07** | .03 |
| Age 9 Father Control | .10* | .04 | −.06 | .09 | −.02 | .04 |
| Predictors/correlates of Age 9 Mother Control | ||||||
| Age 8 Internalizing Behavior † | .09** | .03 | .11** | .03 | .11** | .03 |
| Age 8 Mother Control | .42** | .03 | .21* | .09 | .34** | .03 |
| Age 9 Father Control † | .39** | .03 | .40** | .04 | .35** | .03 |
| Predictors/correlates of Age 9 Father Control | ||||||
| Age 8 Internalizing Behavior | .06 | .04 | .05 | .10 | .10* | .04 |
| Age 8 Father Control | .40** | .03 | .03 | .10 | .37** | .04 |
| Predictors/correlates of Age 10 Child Internalizing Behavior | ||||||
| Age 9 Mother Control | .14** | .03 | .07 | .07 | .02 | .03 |
| Age 9 Father Control1 † | −.03* | .02 | −.02* | .01 | −.03* | .02 |
| Age 9 Internalizing Behavior † | .50** | .03 | .48** | .04 | .57** | .03 |
| Age 10 Mother Control † | .07** | .03 | .07* | .03 | .01 | .04 |
| Age 10 Father Control | .06 | .04 | −.03 | .08 | .07** | .03 |
| Predictors/correlates of Age 10 Mother Control | ||||||
| Age 9 Internalizing Behavior † | .14** | .03 | .15** | .03 | .15** | .03 |
| Age 9 Mother Control † | .35** | .03 | .34** | .04 | .34** | .03 |
| Age 10 Father Control † | .43** | .03 | .47** | .04 | .42** | .03 |
| Predictors/correlates of Age 10 Father Control | ||||||
| Age 9 Internalizing Behavior | .12** | .04 | −.06 | .10 | .13** | .04 |
| Age 9 Father Control † | .34** | .03 | .33** | .04 | .36** | .03 |
| Predictors/correlates of Age 12 Child Internalizing Behavior | ||||||
| Age 10 Mother Control † | −.05* | .03 | −.05* | .03 | −.05* | .02 |
| Age 10 Father Control1 † | −.03* | .01 | −.03* | .01 | −.02* | .01 |
| Age 10 Internalizing Behavior † | .51** | .03 | .58** | .05 | .46** | .03 |
| Age 12 Mother Control † | .06* | .03 | .07* | .03 | .06* | .03 |
| Age 12 Father Control | .10* | .04 | −.15 | .10 | −.02 | .04 |
| Predictors/correlates of Age 12 Mother Control | ||||||
| Age 10 Internalizing Behavior † | .04 | .03 | .05 | .03 | .05 | .03 |
| Age 10 Mother Control | .30** | .04 | .33** | .09 | .14** | .04 |
| Age 12 Father Control † | .39** | .03 | .34** | .04 | .38** | .03 |
| Predictors/correlates of Age 12 Father Control | ||||||
| Age 10 Internalizing Behavior | .17** | .04 | .23* | .10 | −.05 | .05 |
| Age 10 Father Control † | .26** | .03 | .21** | .03 | .26** | .03 |
| Predictors/correlates of Age 13 Child Internalizing Behavior | ||||||
| Age 12 Mother Control † | .01 | .03 | .01 | .03 | .01 | .02 |
| Age 12 Father Control1 † | −.03* | .01 | −.03* | .01 | −.02* | .01 |
| Age 12 Internalizing Behavior † | .57** | .03 | .51** | .05 | .53** | .03 |
| Age 13 Mother Control † | .13** | .04 | .13** | .04 | .10** | .03 |
| Age 13 Father Control | .05 | .06 | −.07 | .13 | −.01 | .06 |
| Predictors/correlates of Age 13 Mother Control | ||||||
| Age 12 Internalizing Behavior † | .00 | .03 | .00 | .03 | .00 | .03 |
| Age 12 Mother Control † | .44** | .03 | .43** | .04 | .40** | .03 |
| Age 13 Father Control † | .13** | .04 | .12** | .04 | .10** | .03 |
| Predictors/correlates of Age 13 Father Control | ||||||
| Age 12 Internalizing Behavior | −.01 | .05 | −.12 | .12 | .05 | .05 |
| Age 12 Father Control † | .44** | .04 | .44** | .05 | .38** | .03 |
Note:
p < .01,
p <. 05.
Indicates paths constrained to be equal over low, average, and high control cultural groups.
Numbered superscripts indicate paths constrained to be equal over time. Covariates (gender, father education, and mother education) were controlled for in all analyses but not presented here for simplicity of presentation (available from first author). Cultural groups in the low control group (significantly below average control compared to the overall sample mean) include US European Americans, China, Thailand, Sweden, and Jordan. Cultural groups in the average control group (not significantly different compared to the overall sample mean) include the Philippines. Cultural groups in the high control group (significantly above average control compared to the overall sample mean) include US African Americans, US Hispanic Americans, Kenya, Rome-Italy, Naples-Italy, and Colombia.