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Published in final edited form as: J Child Fam Stud. 2019 Dec 10;29(4):1081–1093. doi: 10.1007/s10826-019-01640-0

Table 4.

Serial Multiple Mediation Analyses Predicting Adolescent Externalizing Problems.

Mediators		R²	F (df)	Indirect Effects
(M1) Parent Internalizing	(M2) Parenting/Communication	R²	F (df)	Ind1	Ind2	Ind3
Mothers	Warmth	.23	9.01 (4,119)***	0.64 [0.07, 1.96]	0.25 [0.04, 0.86]	0.73 [0.05, 1.96]
	Psych. Control	.21	7.89 (4,119)***	0.69 [0.08, 1.95]	0.20 [0.03, 0.66]	0.27 [−0.39, 1.11]
	Open Com.	.16	5.54 (4,117)***	0.71 [0.08, 2.07]	0.06 [−0.01, 0.34]	0.57 [0.05, 1.59]
	Problematic Com.	.31	13.11 (4,118)***	0.61 [0.07, 1.83]	0.26 [0.03, 0.79]	0.44 [−0.54, 1.67]
Fathers	Warmth	.08	2.14 (3,76)	−0.02 [−0.62, 0.30]	−0.03 [−0.61, 0.02]	0.33 [−0.15, 2.20]
	Psych. Control	.08	2.31 (3,76)	−0.01 [−0.50, 0.27]	−0.04 [−0.46, 0.03]	0.22 [−0.47, 1.12]
	Open Com.	.10	2.95 (3,76)*	0.01 [−0.35, 0.60]	−0.06 [−0.70, 0.02]	0.67 [−0.04, 2.82]
	Problematic Com.	.11	3.26 (3,76)	−0.04 [−0.73, 0.16]	−0.01 [−0.19, 0.08]	0.28 [−0.55, 1.24]

Note. Psych = Psychological. Com = Communication. Ind1=X→M1→Y; Ind2=X→M1→M2→Y; Ind3=X→M2→Y. Indirect effects are presented as unstandardized regression coefficients and their respective confidence intervals. Bolded indirect effects signify significant indirect effects as evidenced by a 95% bias-corrected confidence interval not including zero. Maternal models included mother age as a covariate.