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Published in final edited form as: Child Dev. 2021 Dec 6;93(3):760–777. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13713

Table 3.

Regressions Predicting Adult Extra-Familial Relationship Outcomes from Adolescent-era Relationship Qualities and Attachment States of Mind

	Non-Familial Relationship Outcomes

	Adult- Peer Relationship Quality						Romantic Relationship Quality

	Model 1a: Adult Close Friend Report (Age 24–26)			Model 1b: Self-report (Age 24–26)			Model 1c: Romantic Life Satisfaction Self-report (Ages 24–26)			Model 1d: Observed Romantic Relationship Behavior (Ages 23–26)

	β entry	β final	R²	β entry	β final	R²	β entry	β final	R²	β entry	β final	R²
Step I.
Gender (1=M; 2=F)	.16	.11		.21^**	.09		.02	−.01		−.05	−.08
Adol. Family Income	.03	−.01		.19^**	.10		−.08	−.13		.36^***	.27^**
ΔR² for Step			.024			.066^**			.008			.137^***
Step II.
Close Friendship Quality (13–17)	.22^**	.22^**		.21^**	.17^*		.23^**	.22^**		.03	−.06
Parent-Teen Relationship Quality (13,16,18)	−.01	−.02		.11	.06		−.02	−.02		−.03	−.10
ΔR² for Step			.044^*			.060^**			.048^*			.001
Step III.
Attachment Security (14)	.05	.05		.30^***	.30^***		.02	.02		.37^***	.37^***
ΔR² for Step			.002			.071^***			.000			.137^***
Total R² for Model			.070+			.197^***			.056+			.275^***
Likelihood Ratio Difference in Step II. β weights: Cls. Frd.Cmp vs. Parnt-Tn Rel Qual.	6.21^*			5.38^*			7.69^**			0.17

Note:

^***

p < .001.

^**

p < .01.

p ≤ .05.

Close friendship quality was rated by the close friend; Parent-teen relationship quality was rated by parents.