Table 3.
Multigroup Path Model Results for Constructive Interparental Conflict and IPV.
| Married | Cohabiting | Churning | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regression Paths | b | SE | b | SE | b | SE |
| Child behavior problems | ||||||
| Child emotional insecurity | .19 | .02*** | .21 | .01*** | .22 | .02*** |
| Mother’s report of constructive conflict | −.02 | .02 | −.04 | .01** | −.01 | .01 |
| Mother’s report of IPV victimization (Yes) | −.02 | .03 | −.02 | .02 | .01 | .02 |
| Father’s report of constructive conflict | −.04 | .02† | −.01 | .01 | .02 | .02 |
| Father’s report of IPV victimization (Yes) | −.02 | .03 | .00 | .02 | .01 | .02 |
| Race and ethnicity (reference: Black) | ||||||
| White | .02 | .02 | .02 | .02 | .00 | .03 |
| Hispanic | .06 | .03* | .07 | .02*** | −.02 | .03 |
| Other | .00 | .03 | .03 | .02 | −.07 | .03* |
| Education level | −.02 | .01 | −.02 | .01** | −.01 | .01 |
| Number of biological children with BSF father | −.01 | .01 | −.01 | .01 | .04 | .02* |
| Mother’s depressive symptoms | .03 | .02 | .06 | .02*** | .05 | .02* |
| Father’s depressive symptoms | −.01 | .03 | .01 | .02 | .00 | .02 |
| Mother age in years | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00† |
| Father age in years | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 |
| Child sex (boy) | .05 | .02* | .02 | .01 | .01 | .02 |
| BSF treatment status (intervention) | .00 | .02 | −.01 | .01 | −.01 | .02 |
| Child emotional insecurity | ||||||
| Mother’s report of constructive conflict | −.03 | .05 | .00 | .02 | .03 | .03 |
| Mother’s report of IPV victimization (Yes) | .23 | .08** | .19 | .05*** | .10 | .05* |
| Father’s report of constructive conflict | −.09 | .04* | .03 | .02 | .00 | .03 |
| Father’s report of IPV victimization (Yes) | .03 | .06 | .06 | .04 | −.05 | .05 |
| Race and ethnicity (reference: Black) | ||||||
| White | .18 | .05*** | .06 | .04 | .02 | .07 |
| Hispanic | .09 | .05† | −.01 | .03 | .08 | .06 |
| Other | .08 | .07 | .03 | .04 | .02 | .07 |
| Education level | .00 | .03 | −.03 | .02† | .06 | .03* |
| Number of biological children with BSF father | −.03 | .03 | −.01 | .02 | −.07 | .03* |
| Mother’s depressive symptoms | .14 | .05** | .18 | .03*** | .13 | .04** |
| Father’s depressive symptoms | .05 | .06 | .02 | .04 | .06 | .05 |
| Mother age in years | .00 | .00 | .01 | .00 | .00 | .01 |
| Father age in years | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00† | .00 | .00 |
| Child sex (boy) | .03 | .04 | −.04 | .03 | .00 | .04 |
| BSF treatment status (intervention) | −.05 | .04 | −.05 | .03† | −.01 | .04 |
| N | 600 | 1,373 | 718 | |||
| R 2 | .20 | .20 | .14 | |||
Note. b is unstandardized coefficients. SE is bootstrapped standard errors. IPV = intimate partner violence.
†
p < .10.
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.
***
p < .001.