Table 3.

Conflict length as a mediator between proportion of conflicts that were child-ended and perceptions of the “hot” issue as unresolved and with child behavior problems

	Issue unresolved—Parent report		Issue unresolved—child report
	B	SE	B	SE
CE predicting conflict length	1.80**	0.59	1.74**	0.59
Conflict length predicting outcomes, controlling for CE	0.19***	0.04	0.10**	0.04
CE predicting outcomes, controlling for conflict length	0.08	0.27	−0.46	0.25
	Bootstrap Effect (SE)	95 % CI		Bootstrap Effect (SE)	95 % CI
		LL	UL		LL	UL
Indirect effect of CE to outcome through conflict length	0.40 (0.14)	0.12	0.68	0.18 (0.10)	0.04	0.43
	Child Oppositional Defiant Behaviors		Child Conduct Disorder Behaviors
	B	SE	B	SE
CE predicting conflict length	1.60**	0.61	1.56*	0.61
Conflict length predicting outcomes, controlling for CE	0.04*	0.02	0.01	0.02
CE predicting outcomes, controlling for conflict length	0.14	0.14	0.09	0.12
	Bootstrap Effect (SE)	95 % CI		Bootstrap Effect (SE)	95 % CI
		LL	UL		LL	UL
Indirect effect of CE to outcome through conflict length	0.08 (0.04)	0.02	0.19	0.01 (0.03)	−0.03	0.09

Confidence intervals indicating significant mediation are bolded

CE = proportion of conflicts that were child ended

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

^***p < .001