TABLE 4.
Steps in Model-Building to Predict Maternal Negative Emotion Total with Child Anger Composite and Number of Epochs of Misbehavior
| Effect | Estimate | Error | t | df | p< |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unconditional time model (AIC = 3059.4; BIC = 3073.3) | |||||
| Intercept | 16.175 | .53 | 30.69 | 376 | .01 |
| Time | −.342 | .08 | −4.08 | 355 | .01 |
| Time2 | .008 | .00 | 3.00 | 355 | .01 |
| Combined main effects model (AIC = 2988.1; BIC = 3013.2) | |||||
| Intercept | 16.081 | .49 | 32.69 | 362 | .01 |
| Time | −.348 | .08 | −4.55 | 356 | .01 |
| Time2 | .008 | .00 | 3.51 | 357 | .01 |
| WP anger | .091 | .15 | .62 | 134 | ns |
| BP anger | .816 | .16 | 5.15 | 167 | .01 |
| WP disruptive behavior | .001 | .08 | .00 | 144 | ns |
| BP disruptive behavior | .113 | .08 | 1.37 | 156 | ns |
| Final model (AIC = 2982.6; BIC = 3010.4) | |||||
| Intercept | 16.182 | .48 | 3.48 | 368 | .01 |
| Time | −.359 | .08 | −.47 | 356 | .01 |
| Time2 | .008 | .00 | 3.22 | 355 | .01 |
| WP anger | −.160 | .23 | −.70 | 414 | ns |
| BP anger | 1.052 | .19 | 5.53 | 318 | .01 |
| Time * WP anger | .020 | .01 | 2.00 | 379 | .05 |
| Time * BP anger | −.023 | .01 | −2.34 | 388 | .01 |
| Time * WP anger * BP anger | .004 | .00 | 2.66 | 447 | .01 |
Note. WP = within-person; BP = between-person; AIC = Akaike Information Criterion; BIC = Bayesian Information Criterion; df = degrees of freedom. Focus on the gift is not included here because it was not significant when included in a model with time and within-and between-person focus on the gift. It was dropped and only main effects for child anger and disruptive behavior were included in subsequent models.