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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2013 Jan;41(1):57–69. doi: 10.1007/s10802-012-9665-0

Table 3.

The Effects of Levels and Change in Impulsivity and Effortful Control on Well Being and Social Competence.

Rate of Change, T1–T3 (Slope) T3 Level (Intercept)
Social Competence
b SE Z p b SE Z p

Age −0.22 0.25 −0.86 0.39 −0.82 0.48 −1.70 0.09
Gender 0.23 0.27 0.84 0.40 1.10 0.47 2.33 0.02
Impulsivity Intercept 0.05 0.13 0.38 0.70 0.35 0.25 1.44 0.15
Impulsivity Slope −0.08 0.97 −0.09 0.93 −0.12 1.80 −0.07 0.95
Effortful Control Intercept −0.02 0.10 −0.21 0.84 1.30 0.19 6.85 0.00
Effortful Control Slope 1.01 0.58 1.74 0.08 2.48 0.93 2.67 0.01
Model Fit: χ2 (25, n = 214) = 58.07, p = .000; CFI = .97; TLI = .94; RMSEA = .06

Well Being

Age −0.52 0.27 −1.89 0.06
Gender −0.44 0.29 −1.50 0.13
Impulsivity Intercept -- -- -- -- 0.25 0.16 1.50 0.13
Impulsivity Slope -- -- -- -- 1.05 1.16 0.90 0.37
Effortful Control Intercept -- -- -- -- 0.73 0.11 6.64 0.00
Effortful Control Slope -- -- -- -- 0.67 0.39 1.71 0.09
Model Fit: χ2 (26, n = 214) = 67.33, p = .000; CFI = .96; TLI = .93; RMSEA = .06

Note: Bolded effects are significant, p < .05