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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Psychol. 2011 Sep 5;31(1):130–134. doi: 10.1037/a0025325

Table 2.

Group Comparison (MI parents vs. Comparison parents) Predicting Cortisol Awakening Response and Daily Decline (nmol/L) from Previous Day Stress

Cortisol Awakening
Response
(Out of Bed - Wake)
Daily Decline
(Out of Bed - Bed)
Coefficient SE Coefficient SE
Between-Persons Differences
 Intercept 6.63* .624 20.45* .831
   Parent Gender (Mothers = 1) .95 .935 .36 1.221
   Parent Age .09* .038 .08 .048
   Allergy Med (Yes = 1) −1.53 1.235 −3.54* 1.573
   Steroid Med (Yes = 1) −.96 1.172 −1.57 1.908
   Hormone Med (Yes = 1) 2.11 1.211 −.35 1.990
   Anxiety/Depression Med (Yes = 1) 3.37* 1.269 3.53* 1.547
   Parent Group (SMI = 1) −1.11 1.214 −2.14 1.666
Within-Person Effects
  Wake Collection Time (fixed effect) 4.07 2.664
  Out of Bed Collection Time (fixed effect) −5.09 2.661 −1.13* .401
  Bedtime Collection Time (fixed) .22 .427
  Number of Stressors (fixed effect) −2.92* 1.465 −3.22 1.841
  Stress Severity (random effect) 1.26* .526 1.43* .660
Between-Persons X Within-
Person Interaction
  Stress Severity X Parent Group (SMI = 1) −.92* .333 −1.40* .434
Variance Components (SD)
Intercept 34.368* (5.862) 76.408* (8.741)
Stress Severity .224* (.473) .214 (.462)
Level-1 Effect 110.153 (10.495) 120.409 (10.973)
*

p < .05.