Table 3.
Final Models Predicting Young Adult Relationship Functioning From Adolescent Predictors and Partner Antisocial Behavior
| Couple satisfaction | Couple aversive communication | Couple facilitative communication | Couple physical aggression | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Step | β | t(239) | β | t(122) | β | t(127) | β | Improvement χ2(1, N = 252) | OR |
| Step 1 | |||||||||
| Marital status | 2.63 | 1.17 | −0.01a | −1.42 | −1.06 | 7.10** | 2.89b | ||
| Gender | −2.37 | −0.89 | −0.01 | −1.43 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 1.02 | ||
| Step 2 | |||||||||
| Marital Status × Gender | −1.04 | −0.29 | 0.11 | 1.79 | 0.73 | 1.09 | 2.07 | ||
| Step 3 | |||||||||
| Parent-adolescent conflict | 0.65 | 0.46 | 0.01 | 0.22 | −0.20 | −1.36 | −0.30 | 1.62 | 1.35b |
| Family aversive communication | −10.69 | −3.86*** | 0.23 | 2.20* | −0.19 | −0.64 | 2.19 | 16.65*** | 8.92 |
| Parent-rated depression | 0.01 | 0.28 | 0.00 | 0.43 | 0.00 | 0.39 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 1.01 |
| HRSD | −0.13 | −0.48 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 0.00 | −0.40 | −0.06 | 1.47 | 1.07b |
| Adolescent antisocial behavior | −0.90 | −1.38 | 0.00 | −0.11 | −0.12 | −1.80 | 0.25 | 4.69* | 1.28 |
| Step 4 | |||||||||
| Partner antisocial behavior | −6.56 | −4.72*** | 0.03 | 0.98 | 0.15 | 0.93 | 0.64 | 2.79 | 1.90 |
| Step 5 | |||||||||
| Partner Antisocial Behavior × Adolescent Antisocial Behavior | 3.04 | 3.45*** | 0.26 | 2.91** | |||||
| Partner Antisocial Behavior × Parent-Rated Depression | −0.17 | 5.80* | 1.18b | ||||||
| Gender × Family Aversive Communication | 7.66 | 1.06 | −0.14 | −1.01 | |||||
| Marital Status × Family Aversive Communication | 11.69 | 1.94 | −0.26 | −1.93 | |||||
| Gender × Partner Antisocial Behavior | 0.46 | 0.26 | 1.59 | ||||||
| Marital Status × Partner Antisocial Behavior | 0.71 | 1.31 | 2.03 | ||||||
| Step 6 | |||||||||
| Gender × Marital Status × Family Aversive Communication | −29.71 | −2.34* | 0.82 | 3.07* | |||||
| Gender × Marital Status × Partner Antisocial Behavior | 2.43 | 4.72* | 11.32 | ||||||
Note. Regression coefficients are based on centered independent variables with gender coded as 0 (female) or 1 (male) and marital status coded as 0 (married) or 1 (dating). If no value was entered for a given variable, that variable was not included in the final model. OR = odds ratio; HRSD = Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression.
a
The dependent variable is the inverse of aversive communication; direction of regression coefficients are reversed to show the direction of relation of predictors to aversive communication.
b
Reciprocal of the OR.
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.
***
p < .001.