Table 2.
Main Effects of Stress on Externalizing Problems
| Model 1 Str: K-2 EXT: 2–4 |
Model 2 Str: K-2 EXT: 4–6 |
Model 3 Str: K-2 EXT: 6–8 |
Model 4 Str: 3–5 EXT: 5–7 |
Model 5 Str: 3–5 EXT: 6–8 |
Model 6 Str: 4–6 EXT: 6–8 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β | .21** | .20** | .15* | .20** | .16* | .24*** |
| Factor loadings | ||||||
| 1st stress indicator | .39f | .40f | .40f | .74f | .74f | .61f |
| 2nd stress indicator | .74*** | .73*** | .75*** | .73*** | .73*** | .73*** |
| 3rd stress indicator | .73*** | .74*** | .72*** | .62*** | .62*** | .71*** |
| 1st EXT indicator | .75f | .79f | .68f | .81f | .68f | .69f |
| 2nd EXT indicator | .83*** | .81*** | .78*** | .70*** | .79*** | .78*** |
| 3rd EXT indicator | .79*** | .71*** | .69*** | .78*** | .69*** | .69*** |
| Fit indices | ||||||
| χ2 (df=8) | 11.56 | 6.42 | 9.19 | 3.21 | 7.41 | 6.52 |
| χ2/df | 1.45 | .80 | 1.15 | .40 | .93 | .82 |
| RMSEA | .03 | .00 | .02 | .00 | .00 | .00 |
| CFI | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| NFI | .98 | .99 | .98 | .99 | .99 | .99 |
Note. β = standardized coefficients for stress-externalizing path. Str = Stress; 1st stress indicator = first manifest stress indicator for the particular window; 2nd stress indicator = second manifest stress indicator; 3rd stress indicator = third manifest stress indicator. 1st EXT indicator = first manifest externalizing indicator; 2nd EXT indicator = second manifest externalizing indicator; 3rd EXT indicator = third manifest externalizing indicator.
f
denotes factor loadings fixed for model estimation purposes.
*
p < .05,
**
p < .01,
**
p < .001.