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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Dev. 2012 Sep 26;84(2):528–542. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01859.x

Table 3.

Within-Family Dynamic Risk Models

Internalizing Outcome Externalizing Outcome
Predictor Cortisol Level Cortisol Variability Cortisol Level Cortisol Variability
Coeff p τ Coeff p τ Coeff p τ Coeff p τ
A. Mothers’ Symptoms Model
Intercept (level at 54 months)
γ00
45.60 < .001 45.21 45.62 < .001 45.13 47.87 < .001 39.70 47.86 < .001 39.69
Slope (rate of change 18-54
months) γ10
1.70 < .001 1.70 < .001 .716 .04 .700 .04
M Depressive Symptoms γ20 .230 .02 .004 .231 .02 .004 .272 .01 .019 .269 .009 .016

 Child AM Cortisol γ21 −.056 .57 .016 .86 −.025 .79 −.081 .35
 Child PM Cortisol γ22 .058 .82 .115 .56 .126 .65 .141 .58

B. Fathers’ Symptoms Model
Intercept (level at 54 months)
γ00
48.52 < .001 31.43 48.48 < .001 31.43 49.71 < .001 40.90 49.63 < .001 41.13
Slope (rate of change 18-54
months) γ10
2.45 < .001 2.43 < .001 .795 .02 .756 .02
F Depressive Symptoms γ20 .155 .19 .163 .136 .28 .162 .033 .77 .016 .019 .86 .014

 Child AM Cortisol γ21 −.060 .58 .017 .87 .113 .25 .193 .06
 Child PM Cortisol γ22 .410 < .001 .398 .04 .029 .75 −.063 .70

Note. Child stress sensitivity-moderated effects indicated with double-outlined boxes. Parental depressive symptom and child cortisol predictors are Z-transformed scores. τ = random effect component.