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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 10.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychopathol. 2008 Spring;20(2):10.1017/S095457940800031X. doi: 10.1017/S095457940800031X

Table 3.

Developmental models of age changes in borderline symptoms

Predictors Model 1
Estimate (SE)
Model 2
Estimate (SE)
Model 3
Estimate (SE)
Model 4
Estimate (SE)
Random Effects

Mean variation 49.731 (3.524)** 41.795 (3.123)** 37.551 (2.919)** 11.785 (1.473)**
Age changes 0.074 (0.023)** 0.049 (0.021)** 0.050 (0.022)** 0
Residual 64.971 (2.454)** 64.119 (2.435)** 64.096 (2.432)** 49.392 (1.602)**

Fixed Effects

Intercept (age 20) 24.550 (0.442)** 22.799 (0.472)** 21.231 (0.503)** 8.784 (0.485)**
Age −0.353 (0.031)** −0.415 (0.031)** −0.402 (0.031)** −0.205 (0.027)**
Age2 −0.003 (0.003)** 0.001 (0.003) 0.001 (0.003) 0.002 (0.003)
Male (vs. female) −1.045 (0.586)** −0.501 (0.554) −0.470 (0.539) −0.053 (0.374)
Family SES −2.039 (0.294)** −1.450 (0.287)** −0.865 (0.304)** −0.827 (0.210)**
Age×SES 0.038 (0.023) 0.044 (0.022) 0.042 (0.022) 0.031 (0.019)
Cumulative trauma 1.088 (0.187)** 0.736 (0.190)** 0.362 (0.135)**
SLE 2.117 (0.200)** 2.048 (0.200)** 0.939 (0.172)**
Age×SLE 0.091 (0.023)** 0.102 (0.023)** 0.013 (0.021)
IQ −0.044 (0.023) −0.045 (0.015)**
Poor mothering 1.224 (0.225)** 0.715 (0.155)**
Poor fathering 0.505 (0.188)** 0.174 (0.129)
Schizotypal symptoms 0.301 (0.020)**
Depressive symptoms 1.512 (0.048)**
Δχ2 280.5 (5 df)** 175.8 (3 df)** 93.5 (3 df)** 189.1 (2 df)**
**

p <.01.