TABLE 6.
Steps in Model-Building to Predict Maternal Positive Emotion Total with Child Anger Composite and Number of Epochs of Misbehavior
| Effect | Estimate | Error | t | df | p< |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unconditional time model (AIC = 3102.8; BIC = 3113.9) | |||||
| Intercept | 14.589 | .50 | 28.95 | 257 | .01 |
| Time | .094 | .02 | 4.19 | 356 | .01 |
| Combined main effects model (AIC = 3010.2; BIC = 3032.5) | |||||
| Intercept | 14.768 | .46 | 32.16 | 260 | .01 |
| Time | .079 | .02 | 3.80 | 362 | .01 |
| WP anger | −.183 | .16 | −1.17 | 131 | ns |
| BP anger | −.876 | .17 | −5.24 | 162 | .01 |
| WP disruptive behavior | −.004 | .08 | −.05 | 140 | ns |
| BP disruptive behavior | −.135 | .09 | −1.55 | 151 | ns |
| Final model (AIC = 3012.4; BIC = 3029.1) | |||||
| Intercept | 14.592 | .46 | 31.87 | 256 | .01 |
| Time | .093 | .02 | 4.58 | 357 | .01 |
| WP anger | −.205 | .16 | −1.29 | 131 | ns |
| BP anger | −.907 | .17 | −5.37 | 160 | .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.