Table 2.

Coefficients (γ) and Standard Errors (SE) for Multilevel Models of Empathy

	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3
	γ	SE	γ	SE	γ	SE
Fixed parameters
Intercept (γ000)	6.92**	0.10	8.06**	0.17	7.82**	0.16
Age (γ100)	0.06	0.04	0.21**	0.06	0.26**	0.06
Age2 (γ200)	−0.04**	0.01	−0.03*	0.01	−0.03*	0.01
Gender (γ010)			−2.04**	0.14	−1.86**	0.14
Linear time × Gender (γ110)			−0.24**	0.07	−0.26**	0.07
Birth order (γ020)			0.05	0.16	0.34*	0.15
Pubertal transition (γ300)			−0.17	0.18	−0.11	0.17
Parental education (γ001)			−0.06	0.04	−0.05	0.04
BP sibling warmth (γ030)					0.08**	0.02
WP sibling warmth (γ400)					0.03*	0.01
Linear time × WP sibling warmth (γ500)					0.02**	0.01
BP sibling conflict (γ040)					−0.01	0.02
WP sibling conflict (γ600)					−0.06**	0.01
Parental responsiveness (γ700)					0.07**	0.01
Marital love (γ800)					0.09	0.09
Random parameters
L3 intercept (τ000)	0.45*	0.21	0.45**	0.15	0.47**	0.13
L2 intercept (τ00k)	1.94**	0.26	0.95**	0.17	0.72**	0.14
L2 age (τ110)	0.07†	0.05	0.07*	0.04	0.05†	0.04
L2 intercept-age covariance (τ01k = τ10k)	0.16*	0.07	0.06	0.05	0.02	0.04
Residual (eijk)	1.55**	0.09	1.53**	0.09	1.45**	0.08

Note. BP = between-person; WP = within-person; L3 = Level 3; L2 = Level 2.

^†p < .10;

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01.