Table 4.
LISREL Goodness-of-Fit and Direct Effect Statistics for Cumulative Mediator Models
Model | df | Χ2 | Χ2 change |
RMSEA | AGFI | Std. Beta** |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Baseline | 27 | 582.75 | - | .129 | 0.75 | −0.34 |
2. 1 + mobility* | 26 | 538.94 | 43.81 | .125 | 0.77 | −0.25 |
3. 2 + reading achievement | 25 | 382.62 | 156.32 | .109 | 0.82 | −0.24 |
4. 3 + acting out | 24 | 337.34 | 45.28 | .105 | 0.83 | −0.22 |
5. 4 + peer social skills | 23 | 302.33 | 35.01 | .102 | 0.84 | −0.22 |
6. 5 + juvenile delinquency | 22 | 101.29 | 201.04 | .055 | 0.94 | −0.15 |
7. 6 + school commitment | 21 | 99.87 | 1.42 | .056 | 0.94 | −0.15 |
8. 7 + college expectation | 20 | 61.68 | 38.19 | .042 | 0.96 | −0.16 |
Mobility signifies school moves and out of home placement, grades 4–8.
Standardized Beta weight for the direct effect from childhood maltreatment, ages 0–11, to adult resilience, 5 or more positive outcomes.