Table 2. Unstandardized coefficients from multilevel growth models of rates of change before high school exit and rates of change after exit in the mother–child relationship.

	Mother–child positive affect (n = 168)		Subjective burden (n = 170)		Warmth (n = 166)
	Coefficient	SE	Coefficient	SE	Coefficient	SE
Before adding within-persons covariates
Initial status intercept (Random)	23.30**	.28	36.87**	.69	3.08**	.09
Slope prior to high school exit (Random)	.27**	.06	−.58**	.15	.06*	.02
Change in slope after high school exit (Random)	−.22	.12	.52*	.26	−.12**	.04
After adding within-persons covariates
Initial status intercept (Random)	23.65**	.30	35.26**	.65	3.12**	.10
Slope prior to high school exit (Random)	.20**	.06	−.30*	.12	.04	.02
Change in slope after high school exit (Random)	−.25*	.11	.67**	.22	−.13**	.04
Maladaptive behaviors (Fixed)	−.09**	.01	.36**	.04	−.03**	.00
Lives outside parental home (Fixed)	.73	.39	−3.70**	.93	−.03	.12

^*p < .05,

^**p < .01