TABLE 3.

Parameter Estimates From the Trajectory Model

Parameter	Estimate	SE	Estimate/SE
Girls
Interceptsa
Initial level	0.821	0.065	12.61***
Initial growth	−0.003	0.015	0.22
Acceleration	0.187	0.060	3.11**
Residual variancesa
yt	0.497	0.025	20.29***
Initial level	0.465	0.080	5.84***
Initial growth	0.010	0.008	1.22
Acceleration	0.022	0.013	1.66†
Proportional change
Yt−1 on ΔΔYt (h)	−0.225	0.072	3.14**
ΔYt−1 on ΔΔYt (g)	0.364	0.234	1.56
Effects of race
African American on initial level	−0.074	0.218	0.34
African American on initial growth	0.101	0.060	1.68†
African American on acceleration	0.015	0.051	0.29
Effects of early divorce/separation (Div/Sep)
Div/Sept on ΔΔYt−1 (a)	−0.097	0.064	1.51
Div/Sept on ΔΔYt (b)	0.176	0.099	1.78†
Div/Sept on ΔΔYt+1 (c)	−0.090	0.055	1.64
Effects of late divorce/separation (Div/Sep)
Div/Sept on ΔΔYt−1 (d)	0.110	0.170	0.65
Div/Sept on ΔΔYt (e)	−0.441	0.420	1.05
Div/Sept on ΔΔYt+1 (f)	0.366	0.427	0.86
Boys
Interceptsa
Initial level	1.265	0.084	15.01***
Initial growth	0.135	0.084	1.61
Acceleration	−0.291	0.138	2.11*
Residual variancesa
yt	0.639	0.028	22.59***
Initial level	0.706	0.095	7.43***
Initial growth	—	—	—
Acceleration	0.058	0.034	1.70†
Proportional change
Yt−1 on ΔΔYt (h)	0.217	0.097	2.23*
ΔYt−1 on ΔΔYt (g)	−1.494	0.312	4.80**
Effects of race
African American on initial level	−0.076	0.321	0.24
African American on initial growth	0.309	0.318	0.97
African American on acceleration	−0.062	0.092	0.67
Effects of early divorce/separation (Div/Sep)
Div/Sept on ΔΔYt−1 (a)	0.003	0.133	0.02
Div/Sept on ΔΔYt (b)	0.364	0.181	2.01*
Div/Sept on ΔΔYt+1 (c)	−0.113	0.186	0.61
Effects of late divorce/separation (Div/Sep)
Div/Sept on ΔΔYt−1 (d)	0.016	0.176	0.09
Div/Sept on ΔΔYt (e)	0.314	0.253	1.24
Div/Sept on ΔΔYt+1 (f)	−1.070	0.247	4.33***

Note. n (girls) = 168, n (boys) = 188.

^aControlling for race.

^†p < .10.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.