Table 4.
Summary of Path Coefficients and Confidence Intervals for Direct, Indirect, and Total Path Effects for Study 1 (MTurk Mothers) and Study 2 (Undergraduates).
| Structural Paths | Path Coefficients | Lower Confidence Interval | Upper Confidence Interval | p Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study 1 | Study 2 | Study 1 | Study 2 | Study 1 | Study 2 | Study 1 | Study 2 | |
| Direct path | ||||||||
| Socioeconomic status → LH strategy | .04 | −.07 | −.10 | −.18 | .18 | .03 | .56 | .17 |
| Family neglect → LH strategy | .06 | .16 | −.05 | .04 | .17 | .28 | .29 | .01 |
| Neighborhood crime → LH strategy | .30 | .15 | .11 | .04 | .50 | .27 | .00 | .01 |
| Indirect path | ||||||||
| Socioeconomic status → health → LH strategy | .11 | −.01 | −.02 | −.06 | .23 | .03 | .09 | .51 |
| Family neglect → health → LH strategy | .05 | .10 | −.03 | .04 | .13 | .16 | .25 | .00 |
| Neighborhood crime → health → LH strategy | .22 | −.01 | .06 | −.06 | .38 | .04 | .01 | .60 |
| Total path | ||||||||
| Socioeconomic status → LH strategy | .15 | −.09 | .02 | −.19 | .28 | .02 | .02 | .10 |
| Family neglect → LH strategy | .11 | .25 | .00 | .13 | .22 | .37 | .05 | .00 |
| Neighborhood crime → LH strategy | .52 | .14 | .42 | .01 | .62 | .27 | .00 | .03 |
Note. N Study 1 = 314 and N Study 2 = 505. Standardized path coefficients and confidence intervals are shown. Lower and upper bounds are at the 95% confidence interval. LH = life history.