Table 2.
Associations between children’s and fathers’ demographic factors, child attachment security, coparenting quality in fathers’ families of origin, observed coparenting, and observed family alliance, by family type (N = 59).
| 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | 11. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Child gender | 1.00 | −0.235 | −0.091 | −0.014 | −0.415 * | −0.359 * | −0.232 | −0.130 | −0.102 | −0.139 | −0.051 |
| 2. Child age | 0.040 | 1.00 | 0.213 | 0.433 | 0.258 | 0.381 * | 0.449 * | −0.068 | 0.004 | −0.011 | −0.028 |
| 3. Number of siblings | 0.265 | −0.028 | 1.00 | −0.080 | −0.006 | −0.129 | 0.054 | −0.003 | 0.109 | −0.203 | −0.080 |
| 4. Father age | 0.193 | 0.392 * | 0.017 | 1.00 | −0.041 | 0.319† | 0.208 | −0.204 | −0.273 | −0.099 | 0.023 |
| 5. Father educational attainment | −0.362 † | 0.158 | 0.000 | 0.026 | 1.00 | 0.164 | 0.140 | −0.259 | −0.181 | 0.139 | −0.120 |
| 6. Annual household income | −0.135 | 0.196 | −0.025 | 0.313 | 0.220 | 1.00 | 0.177 | −0.069 | −0.259 | 0.413 * | 0.039 |
| 7. Child attachment security | 0.067 | 0.396 * | 0.202 | 0.284 | 0.161 | 0.186 | 1.00 | 0.368 * | 0.279 | −0.461 * | 0.604 *** |
| 8. Coparenting quality in the family of origin | −0.126 | 0.001 | −0.053 | 0.132 | 0.031 | 0.098 | 0.158 | 1.00 | 0.212 | −0.197 | 0.395 * |
| 9. LTP supportive coparenting | −0.260 | −0.453 * | 0.161 | −0.342 † | 0.189 | −0.120 | 0.166 | 0.251 | 1.00 | −0.333 † | 0.219 |
| 10. LTP conflictual coparenting | −0.167 | −0.113 | −0.081 | −0.089 | 0.083 | −0.109 | −0.433 * | −0.444 * | −0.118 | 1.00 | −0.339 * |
| 11. Family alliance score | −0.050 | 0.376 * | −0.275 | 0.220 | 0.339 † | 0.383 * | 0.544 ** | 0.242 | −0.022 | −0.211 | 1.00 |
Note: Associations for gay single-father families are displayed above the diagonal, whereas associations for heterosexual single-father families are displayed below the diagonal. Spearman r correlations were used for the associations between child gender and child age, number of siblings, father age, father educational attainment, annual household income, child attachment security, coparenting quality in the family of origin, LTP supportive coparenting, LTP conflictual coparenting, and family alliance; Pearson r correlations were used for the associations between child age, number of siblings, father age, father educational attainment, annual household income, child attachment security, coparenting quality in the family of origin, LTP supportive coparenting, LTP conflictual coparenting, and family alliance. Child gender is coded as: −1 = boy; 1 = girl. † p < 0.09. * p < 0.05. ** p < 0.01. *** p < 0.001.