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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pers. 2008 Dec;76(6):1485–1521. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2008.00529.x

Table 1.

Fit Statistics from Biometrical Models with and without Moderation Coefficients

Model Moderating Variable
Regard
 Conflict
−2lnL df χ2 Δdf p AIC −2lnL df χ2 Δdf p AIC
Positive Emotionality
No Moderation 9229.59 3471 2287.59 9457.97 3503 2451.97
Only A Moderation 9195.36 3469 34.23 2 0.0000 2257.36 9440.14 3501 17.83 2 0.0001 2438.14
Only C Moderation 9198.43 3469 31.16 2 0.0000 2260.43 9436.26 3501 21.72 2 0.0000 2434.26
Only E Moderation 9203.46 3469 26.13 2 0.0000 2265.46 9439.50 3501 18.48 2 0.0001 2437.50
A and C Moderation (no E) 9191.80 3467 37.79 4 0.0000 2257.80 9435.36 3499 22.62 4 0.0002 2437.36
A and E Moderation (no C) 9185.37 3467 44.22 4 0.0000 2251.37 9433.03 3499 24.95 4 0.0001 2435.03
C and E Moderation (no A) 9191.59 3467 38.00 4 0.0000 2257.59 9429.13 3499 28.85 4 0.0000 2431.13
A, C, and E Full Moderation 9183.77 3465 45.82 6 0.0000 2253.77 9428.86 3497 29.11 6 0.0001 2434.86
Negative Emotionality
No Moderation 9186.75 3471 2244.75 9191.35 3503 2185.35
Only A Moderation 9168.74 3469 18.01 2 0.0001 2230.74 9176.97 3501 14.38 2 0.0008 2174.97
Only C Moderation 9175.65 3469 11.09 2 0.0039 2237.65 9174.61 3501 16.74 2 0.0002 2172.61
Only E Moderation 9174.66 3469 12.09 2 0.0024 2236.66 9180.33 3501 11.02 2 0.0040 2178.33
A and C Moderation (no E) 9167.48 3467 19.27 4 0.0007 2233.48 9171.42 3499 19.93 4 0.0005 2173.42
A and E Moderation (no C) 9168.23 3467 18.52 4 0.0010 2234.23 9176.40 3499 14.95 4 0.0048 2178.40
C and E Moderation (no A) 9170.24 3467 16.51 4 0.0024 2236.24 9172.56 3499 18.79 4 0.0009 2174.56
A, C, and E Full Moderation 9166.10 3465 20.64 6 0.0021 2236.10 9170.87 3497 20.48 6 0.0023 2176.87
Constraint
No Moderation 9186.73 3471 2244.73 9310.86 3503 2304.86
A, C, and E Full Moderation 9181.28 3465 5.46 6 0.4867 2251.28 9297.09 3497 13.773 6 0.0323 2303.09

Note. −2lnL = −2 log likelihood; AIC = Akaike's Information Criterion; χ2 and associated p values correspond to the 6 df likelihood-ratio test comparing the −2lnL values for No Moderation and Moderation models. The selected model is shown in bold.