Table 7.
Latent Growth Curve Model Predictors of Intensity of Social Activities
| Predictors | Intercept | Slope |
|---|---|---|
| Child Factors (Demographics, Personal Preferences, and Resources | ||
| Child’s age (years) | 0.163** | −0.122 |
| Child’s sex (male) | −0.077 | 0.034 |
| Child preferences for social activities | 0.290*** | −0.032 |
| Child communicative functioning | 0.036 | 0.160 |
| Child physical functioning | 0.363*** | 0.037 |
| Child emotional functioning | 0.022 | 0.059 |
| Child behavioral functioning | 0.055 | 0.101 |
| Child hyperactivity | −0.083 | −0.068 |
| Child peer problems | −0.296*** | 0.156 |
| Child prosocial behavior | 0.078 | 0.075 |
| Parent/Family Factors (Socio-demographics, Personal Resources, and Family Environment) | ||
| Parent/caregiver’s ethnicity (non Caucasian) | −0.112 | 0.071 |
| Household income | 0.091** | 0.050 |
| Parent/caregiver’s physical functioning | −0.095* | 0.098 |
| Parent/caregiver’s mental functioning | 0.045 | −0.012 |
| Family cohesion | −0.029 | −0.034 |
| Family recreational orientation | 0.246** | 0.004 |
| Family intellectual orientation | −0.114 | −0.019 |
| Major life changes in past four months | 0.080 | 0.030 |
| Community Environment | ||
| Policies environment | 0.020 | −0.013 |
| Physical environment | 0.050 | −0.012 |
| Work/school environment | −0.027 | 0.106 |
| Attitudinal environment | 0.040 | −0.061 |
| Services environment | 0.009 | 0.024 |
| R Square | .516 | .137 |
| CFI = 1.00 | ||
| TLI = 1.00 | ||
| RMSEA = .000 | ||
*
p ≤ .05,
**
p ≤ .01,
***
p ≤ .001
Note: Model controls for responding parent/caregiver’s age and sex