Table 5.
Emotional Negativity Trajectories
| Fixed effects | Coefficienta | SE | t |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intercept (90 months) | 1.81 | .030 | 59.87*** |
| Female | -.113 | .04 | -2.62* |
| Negative parenting | .005 | .15 | 0.04 |
| Maternal depressive symptomatology (MDS) | .013 | .002 | 6.38*** |
| Baseline respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) | -.012 | .021 | -0.58 |
| ΔRSA (Baseline - Attention Task) | -.067 | .047 | -1.44 |
| MDS × Baseline RSA | -.001 | .002 | -0.44 |
| MDS × ΔRSA | .008 | .004 | 1.77† |
| Slope | -.006 | .001 | -8.51*** |
| Female | .002 | .001 | 1.62 |
| Negative parenting | -.006 | .003 | -1.74† |
| MDS | .000 | .000 | 0.50 |
| Baseline RSA | -.001 | .001 | -2.62* |
| ΔRSA (Baseline - Attention Task) | -.002 | .001 | -1.75† |
| MDS × Baseline RSA | -.000 | .000 | -0.95 |
| MDS × ΔRSA | .000 | .000 | 1.36 |
| Random effects | Variance component | df | χ2 |
| Intercept | .09 | 235 | 1,026.28*** |
| Slope | .000 | 235 | 270.88† |
a
The coefficient represents the change that occurs in one-month increments.
†
p < .10.
*
p < .01.
***
p < .001.