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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Apr 8.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychopathol. 2009;21(2):519–537. doi: 10.1017/S0954579409000285

Table 4.

Parameter estimates for the additive regression models predicting depressive symptoms in both middle childhood and adolescence

Predictor Average estimate Standard-error Estimated t-value Estimated d.f. Probability
Middle childhood (age 8)

Extent of disorganization (Infancy) −.10 .06 −1.78 282 .08t
Maternal hostility (Infancy) −.15 .08 −1.97 96 .06t
Maternal sensitivity (age 7) .23 .10 2.23 129 .03*
Maternal symptoms (Infancy) −.01 .01 −2.33 313 .02*

Adolescence (age 19)

Gender .33 .13 2.67 259 .01**
Child’s symptoms (Age 8) 8.27 3.41 2.42 127 .02*
Maternal symptoms (Ado.) 6.89 3.21 2.15 128 .03*
Maternal symptoms (Infancy) .38 .16 2.36 59 .02*

Note. These statistics are based on Rubin’s (1987) guidelines for assessing and combining parameter estimates.

t

p<.10

*

p<.05

**

p<.01