Table 1.
Parameter Estimates From Univariate and Bivariate Twin Models.
Univariate Models |
Bivariate Models (Interest → Achievement) |
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Achievement | Interest | |||||||||||||
1. Main Effects | 2. Interaction | 3. Main Effects | 4. Interaction | 5. Main Effects | 6. Interaction | 7. Final Model | ||||||||
Parameter | Estimate | SE | Estimate | SE | Estimate | SE | Estimate | SE | Estimate | SE | Estimate | SE | Estimate | SE |
a i | 0.523 | 0.110 | 0.503 | 0.127 | 0.538 | 0.106 | 0.490 | 0.124 | 0.536 | 0.095 | ||||
ai' | 0.101 | 0.068 | 0.111 | 0.068 | ||||||||||
ci | 0.459 | 0.113 | 0.460 | 0.123 | 0.445 | 0.117 | 0.470 | 0.109 | 0.447 | 0.104 | ||||
ci' | −0.100 | 0.083 | −0.103 | 0.07 | ||||||||||
ei | 0.700 | 0.022 | 0.699 | 0.023 | 0.698 | 0.022 | 0.700 | 0.022 | 0.699 | 0.021 | ||||
ei' | −0.037 | 0.020 | − 0.04 | 0.02 | ||||||||||
a b | 0.274 | 0.107 | 0.283 | 0.105 | 0.281 | 0.086 | ||||||||
ab' | 0.135 | 0.068 | 0.122 | 0.043 | ||||||||||
cb | 0.412 | 0.138 | 0.381 | 0.108 | 0.408 | 0.106 | ||||||||
cb'' | 0.014 | 0.08 | ||||||||||||
e b | 0.061 | 0.016 | 0.057 | 0.016 | 0.059 | 0.016 | ||||||||
eb' | −0.023 | 0.015 | ||||||||||||
a a | 0.668 | 0.044 | 0.655 | 0.045 | 0.609 | 0.056 | 0.586 | 0.055 | 0.589 | 0.055 | ||||
aa' | 0.120 | 0.046 | 0.055 | 0.045 | ||||||||||
c a | 0.596 | 0.055 | 0.592 | 0.059 | 0.430 | 0.130 | 0.447 | 0.098 | 0.441 | 0.103 | ||||
ca' | −-0.079 | 0.064 | −0.103 | 0.079 | ||||||||||
e a | 0.359 | 0.012 | 0.358 | 0.012 | 0.353 | 0.011 | 0.352 | 0.011 | 0.353 | 0.011 | ||||
ea' | −0.012 | 0.011 | −0.010 | 0.011 | ||||||||||
s i | .127 | .030 | .127 | .031 | .130 | .030 | .135 | .031 | .135 | .030 | ||||
s a | .243 | .032 | .251 | .034 | .242 | .032 | .253 | .034 | .253 | .034 |
Note. Parameters in bold are significant at P <.05.