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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2010 May;49(5):464–473. doi: 10.1097/00004583-201005000-00007

Table 3.

Predictors of Trajectory Classes – Multinomial Logit Models

Internalizing Externalizing


Stable adjustment Increasing adjustment Stable adjustment Increasing adjustment Stable disorder





OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Early cognitive ability 1.11 0.99-1.26 1.30** 1.07-1.59 1.15* 1.02-1.30 1.01 0.84-1.22 1.03 0.88-1.20
Early social competence 1.01 0.99-1.03 0.96* 0.92-1.00 1.02 1.00-1.04 0.99 0.96-1.03 0.97* 0.94-1.00
Placement stability 1.44* 1.06-1.95 1.57 0.90-2.73 1.47* 1.05-2.05 1.32 0.75-2.34 1.22 0.82-1.72
Frequency of Early Maltreatment
 Physical abuse 1.37 0.92-2.05 1.18 0.60-2.33 1.04 0.72-1.49 0.71 0.33-1.54 0.94 0.56-1.43
 Sexual abuse 0.57 0.30-1.07 0.79 0.27-2.28 0.69 0.35-1.34 0.23 0.03-1.99 1.26 0.58-2.89
 Neglect 1.09 0.89-1.31 0.92 0.65-1.32 0.97 0.81-1.17 1.21 0.91-1.61 0.86 0.63-1.06
Frequency of Late Maltreatment
 Physical abuse 0.64* 0.46-0.90 0.57 0.27-1.20 0 .79 0.54-1.16 0.34 0.11-1.02 1.45 0.96-2.48
 Sexual abuse 1.36 0.62-1.81 1.66 0.78-3.50 0.89 0.50-1.59 0.62 0.17-2.28 0.95 0.55-1.89
 Neglect 0.95 0.77-1.16 0.93 0.64-1.35 0.99 0.76-1.28 1.22 0.88-1.68 1.15 0.48-1.50

Note: CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio;

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.