TABLE 5.
Steps in Model-Building to Predict Maternal Negative Emotion Total with Child Content Composite and Number of Epochs of Regulatory Efforts
| Effect | Estimate | Error | t | df | p< |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combined main effects model (AIC = 3022.3; BIC = 3052.4) | |||||
| Intercept | 14.238 | .86 | 16.57 | 200 | .01 |
| Time | −.267 | .08 | −3.25 | 361 | .01 |
| Time2 | .009 | .00 | 3.26 | 356 | .01 |
| WP contentment | −.280 | .25 | −1.14 | 131 | ns |
| BP contentment | −.208 | .28 | −.75 | 196 | ns |
| WP support-seeking | .11 | .16 | .69 | 121 | ns |
| BP support-seeking | −.346 | .17 | −2.04 | 135 | .05 |
| WP distraction | .044 | .07 | .60 | 132 | ns |
| BP distraction | −.22 | .08 | −2.82 | 162 | .01 |
| Final model (AIC = 3024.7; BIC = 3049.8) | |||||
| Intercept | 14.044 | .84 | 16.80 | 200 | .01 |
| Time | −.250 | .08 | −3.03 | 361 | .01 |
| Time2 | .009 | .00 | 3.72 | 356 | .01 |
| WP support-seeking | .089 | .16 | .55 | 121 | ns |
| BP support-seeking | −.377 | .17 | −2.27 | 132 | .05 |
| WP distraction | .028 | .07 | .39 | 130 | ns |
| BP distraction | −.249 | .08 | −3.26 | 156 | .01 |
Note. WP = within-person; BP = between-person; AIC = Akaike Information Criterion; BIC = Bayesian Information Criterion; df = degrees of freedom. See Table 4 for the Unconditional Time Model.