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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Dev. 2012 Jan 30;83(2):743–757. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01721.x

Table 1.

Parameter Estimates From Univariate and Bivariate Twin Models.

Univariate Models
Bivariate Models (Interest → Achievement)
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.