Table 3.

Direct effects on model mediators

	Co-parenting support			Mother involvement			Father involvement			Maternal responsivity
	B	SE B	β	B	SE B	β	B	SE B	β	B	SE B	β
Direct effects
UI (5–9)	−0.03	0.06	0.03	0.04	0.06	0.02	−0.05	0.14	−0.03	−0.15	0.33	−0.04
Other child	−0.62	0.48	−0.16	−0.61	0.60	−0.08	0.01	0.72	0.00	−0.77	1.76	−0.06
M race	0.05	0.04	0.08	−0.10	0.15	−0.08	0.11	0.09	0.09	−0.22	0.14	−0.11
F race	0.00	0.04	0.01	−0.14	0.14	−0.11	−0.20	0.10	−0.16 *	−0.06	0.17	−0.03
M educ	−0.03	0.03	−0.06	0.00	0.09	0.00	0.09	0.10	0.09	0.33	0.16	0.18 *
F educ	−0.01	0.03	−0.01	0.07	0.08	0.06	−0.13	0.08	−0.12	−0.07	0.18	−0.03
M age	0.01	0.01	0.07	−0.04	0.02	−0.18	0.03	0.02	0.15 *	−0.03	0.04	−0.09
F age	−0.01	0.01	−0.06	−0.01	0.02	−0.04	−0.04	0.01	−0.21 *	0.05	0.03	0.17
M poverty	−0.05	0.08	−0.03	0.08	0.18	0.03	0.24	0.20	0.08	0.02	0.40	0.01
C boy	−0.12	0.07	−0.09	0.13	0.15	0.05	0.21	0.21	0.09	−0.44	0.26	−0.11
C aggression (3)	−0.07	0.07	−0.04	0.08	0.22	0.02	0.31	0.22	0.09	−0.77	0.42	−0.13
C temperament	−0.03	0.03	−0.05	−0.13	0.06	−0.11 *	0.02	0.06	0.02	−0.07	0.14	−0.04
UI (3–5)	−0.20	0.12	−0.19	0.09	0.13	0.05	0.06	0.21	0.03	−0.05	0.25	−0.01
M marital status	0.35	0.10	0.27 **	0.16	0.16	0.06	0.26	0.32	0.11	0.13	0.38	0.03
Marital x UI	−0.26	0.13	−0.13*	0.12	0.26	0.03	0.70	0.83	0.19	−0.62	0.71	−0.10
R2			0.31			0.08			0.11			0.15

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

Note. UI = union instability. M = mother. C = child. Educ = education. Child age in years indicated in (). Marital = marital status.