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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2009 Jan;37(1):45–58. doi: 10.1007/s10802-008-9257-1

Table 8.

Results of Multivariate Cholesky Decompositions Testing Specific Parameters in the Sharing of Genetic and Environmental Influences Among Inattentive-Hyperactive Behavior and Conduct Problems at 4–7 Years and Conduct Problems 8–13 Years

SB Χ2 df BIC RMSEA Wald Test df p
Model 3 (Full Model) 585.50 264 113550 .053
Model 4 (Drop a33) 589.75 266 113533 .053 .83 2 .66
Model 5 (Drop a32 and a33) 593.31 268 113521 .053 3.38 2 .18
Model 6 (Drop a33 and c32)* 644.43 268 113563 .057 64.0 2 <.001
Model 7 (Drop a33 and e32) 596.91 268 113530 .053 2.9 2 .22

Notes: SB Χ2 = Satorra-Bentler chi-square; SB ΔΧ2 = Satorra-Bentler scaled-difference chi-square; df = degrees of freedom; BIC = Bayesian information criterion; RMSEA = root mean square error of approximation. All models allow for quantitative sex differences. Pathway labels are shown in Figure 1. Model 3 is the full model illustrated in Figure 1. Model 4 is the same full model but dropping a33, which was estimated to be 0. The fits of models 5–7 are compared to Model 4. In Model 5, genetic pathways a32 and a33 were dropped. In Model 6, genetic pathway a33 and environmental pathway c32 were dropped. In Model 7, genetic pathway a33 and environmental pathway e32 were dropped.

*

A Wald test indicates that dropping c32 from the model results in a significant loss in fit.