Table 3.

Taxonomy of fitted growth models for the effects of child gender, spoken vocabulary at two years, and cognitive skills on the growth of self-regulation from 14 to 36 months of age, controlling for maternal language (N=120 children, 290 observations).

Parameter		Model E	Model F	Model G
		Model C + Early Vocabulary	Model E + Interactions between Early Vocabulary and Gender	Model F + Cognitive Development
Fixed Effects
Initial Status at 14 Months
INTERCEPT	γ00	3.5264*** (0.1537)	3.7628*** (0.1572)	1.8074*** (0.3498)
GIRL	γ01	−0.1226 (0.1536)	−0.9431*** (0.2567)	−0.5052~ (0.2520)
VOCAB_24	γ02	0.0027 (0.0029)	−0.0052 (0.0034)	−0.0076* (0.0032)
GIRL* VOCAB_24	γ03		0.0210*** (0.0055)	0.0124* (0.0053)
Linear Rate of Change each Month (instantaneous rate of change at 14 months)
AGE	γ10	−0.1055*** (0.0217)	−0.1220*** (0.0220)	−0.0458~ (0.0238)
AGE* GIRL	γ11	0.0958** (0.0344)	0.1459*** (0.0370)	0.0814* (0.0365)
AGE* VOCAB_24	γ12	0.0004~(0.0002)	0.0006* (0.0002)	0.0005* (0.0002)
AGE* GIRL* VOCAB_24	γ13		−0.0008~ (0.0004)	−0.0005 (0.0004)
Quadratic Rate of Change each Month (acceleration of change)
AGE2	γ20	0.0025** (0.0008)	0.0026** (0.0008)	0.0010 (0.0008)
AGE2* GIRL	γ21	−0.0025* (0.0012)	−0.0028* (0.0012)	−0.0016 (0.0012)
Main Effect of Child’s Vocabulary
VOCAB	γ40	0.0122*** (0.0033)	0.0147*** (0.0037)	0.0069~ (0.0035)
VOCAB* GIRL	γ41	−0.0088~ (0.0045)	−0.0135* (0.0056)	−0.0081 (0.0051)
Main Effect of Cognitive Development
COGNITION	γ50			0.0219*** (0.0036)
Main effect of Mom’s Vocabulary
M_VOCAB	γ70	0.0021 (0.0023)	0.0025 (0.0023)	−0.0005 (0.0021)
Variance Components
L 1: Within-person	σ2ε	0.2862***	0.2919***	0.2432***
L 2: In Intercept	σ20	0.1433*	0.0783	0.0684
In Rate of change	σ21	0.0003	0.0001	0.0003
Covariance 01	σ01	−0.0024	−0.0006	−0.0028
Fit Statistics
Deviance		441.3	427.9	353.1

^~p < .10,

^*p < .05,

^**p < .01,

^†p < .001