. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 1.

Published in final edited form as: Psychol Methods. 2012 Feb 6;17(2):255–283. doi: 10.1037/a0026977

Table 4.

Estimated Variance Components for Different LST Models Applied to the Externalizing Problem Behavior Data (N = 294)

	CCO	UCO	TCO	OSpe	Rel
			CU
Child report time 1	.21	—	—	.02 ^a	.23
Mother report time 1	.32	—	—	.02 ^a	.34
Father report time 1	.34	—	—	.23 ^a	.57
Child report Time 2	.18	—	—	.17 ^a	.35
Mother report time 2	.36	—	—	.03 ^a	.39
Father report time 2	.38	—	—	.03 ^a	.41
Child report Time 3	.12	—	—	.04 ^a	.16
Mother report time 3	.34	—	—	.13 ^a	.48
Father report time 3	.39	—	—	.03 ^a	.42

			OM
Child report time 1	.21	.36	.56	.02 ^a	.58
Mother report time 1	.32	.34	.66	.02 ^a	.68
Father report time 1	.34 ^b	.43 ^b	.77 ^b	.23 ^b	1.00 ^b
Child report Time 2	.18	.52	.70	.17 ^a	.87
Mother report time 2	.36	.38	.74	.03 ^a	.77
Father report time 2	.38	.27	.65	.03 ^a	.68
Child report Time 3	.12	.41	.53	.04 ^a	.57
Mother report time 3	.34	.29	.64	.13 ^a	.77
Father report time 3	.39	.28	.67	.03 ^a	.70

			M − 1 ^c
Child report time 1	.56	—	.56	.02 ^a	.58
Mother report time 1	.11 ^d	.56 ^d	.67	.01 ^a	.68
Father report time 1	.09 ^d	.65 ^d	.74	.23 ^a	.97
Child report Time 2	.70 ^d	—	.70	.13 ^a	.83
Mother report time 2	.10 ^d	.64 ^d	.74	.03 ^a	.77
Father report time 2	.10 ^d	.56 ^d	.66	.03 ^a	.69
Child report Time 3	.52	—	.52	.03 ^a	.55
Mother report time 3	.07 ^d	.57 ^d	.64	.22 ^a	.87
Father report time 3	.12 ^d	.55 ^d	.67	.02 ^a	.70

			IT
Child report time 1	—	—	.57	.03 ^a	.60
Mother report time 1	—	—	.67	.02 ^a	.68
Father report time 1	—	—	.73	.16 ^a	.89
Child report Time 2	—	—	.70	.13 ^a	.83
Mother report time 2	—	—	.74	.03 ^a	.78
Father report time 2	—	—	.66	.03 ^a	.69
Child report Time 3	—	—	.52	.03 ^a	.56
Mother report time 3	—	—	.64	.15 ^a	.79
Father report time 3	—	—	.68	.03 ^a	.71

Note. NM = model with no method factors; CU = correlated uniqueness approach; OM = M orthogonal method factor approach; M − 1 = M − 1 correlated method factor approach; IT = indicator specific trait factor approach. CCO = common consistency; UCO = unique consistency; TCO = total consistency; OSpe = occasion-specificity; Rel = reliability. Sum scores of the Externalizing Problem Behavior Scale of the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL; Achenbach & Edelbrock, 1983) served as indicators. The model without method factors did not converge for these data.

the variances of all state residual factors were non-significant (p ≥ .28).

In this model, the residual variance of the father report indicator at time 1 was estimated to be zero.

Child report served as reference method in this model.

to be interpreted relative to the reference method (child report). Dashes indicate that a coefficient is not applicable. TCO and OSpe do not always add up to the reliability coefficient due to rounding errors.