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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Psychol Rev. 2011 Jul 29;31(7):1209–1223. doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2011.07.005

Table 4.

Moderator Analyses

Moderator Variables χ2 df p-value AIC A C D E
Assessment Method
Parameters free 1270.36 434 <.001 402.36
  Questionnaires .38 .00 .11 .51
  Laboratory Measures .19 .04 .28 .49
Parameters constrained 1271.14 438 <.001 395.14 .38 .00 .12 .50
Difference in χ2 0.78 4 0.95
Age (4-groups)
Parameters free 1094.75 426 <.001 242.75
  Infants .28 .00 .25 .47
  Children .47 .00 .12 .41
  Adolescents \ .31 .02 .23 .46
  Adults .31 .00 .10 .59
Parameters constrained 1271.14 438 <.001 395.14 .38 .00 .12 .50
Difference in χ2 176.4 12 <.001
Age (3-groups without infants)
Parameters free 989.69 373 <.001 243.69
  Children .47 .00 .12 .41
  Adolescents .31 .00 .23 .46
  Adults .31 .00 .07 .59
Parameters constrained 1163.89 381 <.001 401.89 .38 .00 .11 .51
Difference in χ2 174.20 8 <.001
Sex (with Opposite Sex twins)
Parameters free 956.70 254 <.001 448.70
  Males .45 .00 .19 .36
  Females .09 .05 .35 .51
Parameters constrained 1211.51 258 <.001 695.507 .08 .01 .50 .41
Difference in χ2 254.81 4 <.001
Sex (without Opposite Sex twins)
Parameters free 640.28 221 <.001 198.28
  Males .41 .00 .12 .47
  Females .23 .00 .26 .51
Parameters constrained 651.72 225 <.001 201.72 .29 .01 .20 .50
Difference in χ2 11.44 4 0.02
Twin vs. Family/Adoption Studies
Parameters free 1218.03 434 <.001 350.03
  Twin .14 .07 .29 .50
  Family/Adoption .00 .04 .00 .96
Parameters constrained 1271.14 438 <.001 395.14 .38 .00 .12 .50
Difference in χ2 53.11 4 <.001
Publication Date
Parameters free 1266.86 434 <.001 398.86
  1970–1985 .28 .00 .18 .54
  1986–2011 .385 .00 .115 .50
Parameters constrained 1271.14 438 <.001 395.14 .38 .00 .12 .50
Difference in χ2 4.28 4 .37

Note. AIC= Akaike Information Criterion; A= additive genetic effects; C=shared environmental effects; E= nonshared environmental effects; D=nonadditive genetic effects.