Table 2.

Self-Regulation – Taxonomy of fitted growth models for the effects of child’s gender, talkativeness, and spoken vocabulary on self-regulation from 14 to 36 months of age, controlling for maternal language (N=120 children, 290 observations).

Parameter		Model A	Model A	Model B	Model C
		Quadratic Growth + Gender	Model A + Talkativeness	Model A + Vocabulary	Model A + Vocabulary and Talkativeness
Fixed Effects
Initial Status at 14 Months
INTERCEPT	γ00	3.6639*** (0.0896)	3.5645*** (0.1198)	3.5467*** (0.1146)	3.5774*** (0.1198)
GIRL	γ01	−0.0113 (0.1343)	−0.0219 (0.1351)	−0.0154 (0.1346)	−0.0154 (0.1355)
Linear Rate of Change each Month (instantaneous rate of change at 14 months)
AGE	γ10	−0.0502** (0.0185)	−0.0865*** (0.0201)	−0.1034*** (0.0207)	−0.1031*** (0.0208)
AGE* GIRL	γ11	0.0695* (0.0277)	0.0968** (0.0311)	0.0864* (0.0337)	0.0791* (0.0344)
Quadratic Rate of Change each Month (acceleration of change)
AGE2	γ20	0.0023** (0.0008)	0.0022** (0.0008)	0.0024** (0.0008)	0.0023** (0.0008)
AGE2* GIRL	γ21	−0.0025* (0.0011)	−0.0026* (0.0012)	−0.0023~ (0.0012)	−0.0020~ (0.0012)
Main Effect of Child’s Talkativeness
TALK	γ30		0.0050*** (0.0009)		−0.0004 (0.0026)
TALK* GIRL	γ31		−0.0037* (0.0014)		−0.0017 (0.0032)
Main Effect of Child’s Vocabulary
VOCAB	γ40			0.0169*** (0.0027)	0.0181* (0.0078)
VOCAB* GIRL	γ41			−0.0089~ (0.0044)	−0.0040 (0.0101)
Main Effect of Mom’s Talkativeness
M_TALK	γ60		0.0011 (0.0010)		−0.0007 (0.0019)
Main Effect of Mom’s Vocabulary
M_VOCAB	γ70			0.0029 (0.0022)	0.0036 (0.0046)
Variance Components
L 1: Within-person	σ2ε	0.3128***	0.3093***	0.2960***	0.2897***
L 2: In Intercept	σ20	0.1246*	0.1198*	0.1305*	0.1416*
In Rate of change	σ21	0.0006*	0.0002	0.0002	0.0002
Covariance 01	σ01	−0.0006	−0.0003	−0.0012	−0.0019
Fit Statistics
Deviance		588.8	517.3	507.2	505.9

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