. 2009 Feb 27;39(2):150–162. doi: 10.1007/s10964-009-9401-4

Table 2.

Growth factors for early to middle and middle to late adolescent boys and girls

Growth Factors	Boys				Girls
	Early to middle adolescence		Middle to late adolescence		Early to middle adolescence		Middle to late adolescence
	Mean	σ ²	Mean	σ ²	Mean	σ ²	Mean	σ ²
Intercepts
Commitment	3.73***^,a	.23***	3.73***^,a	.23***	3.72***^,a	.21***	3.72***^,a	.21***
In-depth exploration	3.19***^,a	.26***	3.19***^,a	.26***	3.27***^,b	.20***	3.27***^,b	.20***
Reconsideration	1.96***^,a	.30***	1.96***^,a	.30***	1.78***^,b	.29***	1.78***^,b	.29***
Linear Slopes
Commitment	.01^a	.02***	−.01^a	.01***	.00^a	.02***	.00^a	.02***
In-depth exploration	.01^a	.02***	.03*^,a,b	.01***	.00^a	.02***	.04***^,b	.01***
Reconsideration	−.16***^,a	.07	.14***^,b	.08	−.04^c	.09**	.06^b	.15***
Quadratic Slopes
Reconsideration	−.02***^,a	.01**	−.04***^,a	.01	.00^b	.00**	−.01^a,b	.01***

Note: Different superscripts within a line represent significant differences between groups (p < .05). To infer an accelerated perspective, intercept means and variances were constrained to be equal on the one measurement occasion of overlap between the two age cohorts (i.e., T5 for early to middle adolescents, and T1 for middle to late adolescents. Growth of reconsideration was characterized by a curvilinear pattern, and is therefore a combination of linear and a quadratic slope

* p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001