TABLE 3.
Parameter Estimates in the Parallel Process Latent Growth Curve Model for Mediation
| χ2 (38) = 122.648, p < .001; RMSEA = .058, 90% CI: .046, .069 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mediator process: Peer team leaders as an information source (PerLeader) | |||
| Factor loadings on growth factors | Initial Status | Growth Rate | Residual Variances |
| PerLeader 1 | 1a | 0a | 1.421 (.077)b |
| PerLeader 2 | 1a | 1a | 1.472 (.088)b |
| PerLeader 3 | 1a | .894 (.068)b | 1.504 (.084)b |
| PerLeader 4 | 1a | 1a | 1.718 (.128)b |
| PerLeader 5 | 1a | 1a | 1.430 (.110)b |
| PerLeader 6 | 1a | 1a | 2.078 (.204)b |
| Intercepts | |||
| PerLeader 1–6 | 4.564 (.058)b | ||
| Initial status(p) | 0a | .997 (.069)b | |
| Growth rate(p) | .033 (.060)b | .224 (.069)b | |
| Outcome process: Nutrition behaviors (Nutrit) | |||
| Factor loadings on growth factors | Initial Status | Growth Rate | Residual Variances |
| Nutrit 1 | 1a | 0a | .430 (.069)b |
| Nutrit 2 | 1a | 1a | .583 (.036)b |
| Nutrit 3 | 1a | .848 (.074)b | .507 (.032)b |
| Nutrit 4 | 1a | 1a | .578 (.045)b |
| Nutrit 5 | 1a | 1a | .759 (.057)b |
| Nutrit 6 | 1a | 1a | .843 (.084)b |
| Intercepts | |||
| Nutrit 1–6 | 4.052 (.042)b | ||
| Initial status(n) | 0a | .868 (.077)b | |
| Growth rate(n) | −.049 (.061)b | .067 (.041)b | |
| Group | M .455 (.014)b | Variance .248 (.010)b | |
| Mediational process | |||
| Group → Growth rate(p) | .859 (.089)b | ||
| Growth Rate(p) → Growth rate(n) | .891 (.226)b | ||
| Group → Growth rate(n) | −.393 (.221)b | ||
| Initial Status(p) →Growth rate(n) | .022 (.043)b | ||
| Initial Status(n) → Growth rate(p) | −.301 (.048)b | ||
| Group → Initial status(n) | −.181 (.063)b | ||
| Group → Initial status(p) | −.213 (.086)b | ||
Note. Initial status(p) = status factor of PerLeader; Growth rate(p) = growth rate factor of PerLeader; Initial status(n) = status factor of Nutrit; Growth rate(n) = growth rate factor of Nutrit.
a
Parameter fixed in the model.
b
Parameter estimate with the standard error of estimate in parentheses.