Table 3.
Internalizing Outcome | Externalizing Outcome | |||||||||||
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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 |
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Child AM Cortisol γ21 | −.056 | .57 | .016 | .86 | −.025 | .79 | −.081 | .35 | ||||
Child PM Cortisol γ22 | .058 | .82 | .115 | .56 | .126 | .65 | .141 | .58 | ||||
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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 |
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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.