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Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychopathol. 2008 Summer;20(3):1003–1021. doi: 10.1017/S0954579408000473

Table 3. Caregiver Stress Effects on AM Cortisol Levels (Root Transformed).

Effect	Estimate	t	p
Fixed effects
Intercept	0.602	60.964	0.000
Caregiver stress (M1–M2)	0.002	0.046	0.964
Caregiver stress (M3–M12)	−0.021	−0.740	0.460
Caregiver stress (M1–M2) × RFC	−0.048	−0.545	0.586
Caregiver stress (M3–M12) × RFC	−0.099	−1.980	0.048
Random effects
Intercept	0.577	8.624	0.000
Slope	0.863	4.171	0.000
Cor(intercept, slope)	−0.920	−5.384	0.000
Residual SD	0.216	50.837	0.000

Note. M1–M12 = monthly assessments 1–12. RFC = regular foster care comparison group.