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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Methods. 2012 Nov 12;18(1):1–14. doi: 10.1037/a0030639

Table 8.

Parameter Estimates and 95% Confidence Intervals (CIs) Obtained by Fitting First-Order Autoregressive Family Effects Structure to the MLS Data, Predicting Externalizing Behavior

Model 1 Model 2


Parameter Estimate 95% CI Estimate 95% CI
Fixed Effects
  Intercept .390* (.324,.456) −.133 (−.272,.006)
  Age .009 (−.008,.025) .055* (.027,.084)
  Age2 −.015* (−.022,−.008) −.034* (−.047,−.021)
  Male .217* (.096,.338)
  Age × Male −.070* (−.104,−.036)
  Age2 × Male .028* (.012,.043)
  Parental Alcoholism .415* (.291,.540)
  Parental Depression/Dysthymia .098 (−.027,.223)
  Parental ASP .207* (.049,.364)
Variance/Covariance Parameters
  Within-Time Residual .210* (.191,.232) .212* (.193,.235)
  Child Intercept (I) .281* (.224,.363) .265* (.213,.338)
  Child Linear Age Trend (L) .008* (.005,.015) .008* (.005,.014)
  Child Quadratic Age Trend (Q) .001* (.000,.004) .001 (.000,.004)
  Child I,L Covariance .013* (.001,.024) .016* (.006,.027)
  Child I,Q Covariance −.006* (−.012,−.000) −.007* (−.013,−.002)
  Child L,Q Covariance −.002* (−.003,−.000) −.001 (−.002,.000)
  Family Variance .136* (.096,.208) .086* (.056,.151)
  Family Autocorrelation .819* (.723,.915) .757* (.613,.901)
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p < .05;

ASP = Antisocial Personality Disorder