TABLE 7.
Steps in Model-Building to Predict Maternal Positive Emotion Total with Child Content Composite and Number of Epochs of Regulatory Efforts
| Effect | Estimate | Error | t | df | p< |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combined main effects model (AIC = 3014.9; BIC = 3042.8) | |||||
| Intercept | 17.176 | .86 | 19.98 | 169 | .01 |
| Time | −.037 | .03 | −1.15 | 407 | ns |
| WP contentment | .213 | .26 | .83 | 129 | ns |
| BP contentment | .715 | .28 | 2.51 | 187 | .05 |
| WP support-seeking | −.262 | .17 | −1.52 | 119 | ns |
| BP support-seeking | .494 | .18 | 2.79 | 131 | .01 |
| WP distraction | .099 | .08 | 1.28 | 129 | ns |
| BP distraction | .171 | .08 | 2.10 | 156 | .05 |
| Final model (AIC = 3003.3; BIC = 3025.6) | |||||
| Intercept | 17.364 | .63 | 27.60 | 424 | .01 |
| Time | −.061 | .03 | −1.92 | 419 | ns |
| BP contentment | .856 | .18 | 4.71 | 451 | .01 |
| BP support-seeking | .595 | .12 | 4.93 | 435 | .01 |
| BP distraction | .248 | .05 | 5.42 | 453 | .01 |
| Time * support-seeking | −.016 | .00 | −3.45 | 418 | .01 |
Note. WP = within-person; BP = between-person; AIC = Akaike Information Criterion; BIC = Bayesian Information Criterion; df = degrees of freedom. See Table 6 for the Unconditional Time Model.