Table 5.
Positive Attitude Toward School—Adding Level 2 Predictors and Significant Level 1 Covariates
| Unconditional plus total school changes |
Unconditional plus all Level 2 predictors |
Final model with teacher support |
Final model with peer acceptance |
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| Coefficient | SE | Coefficient | SE | Coefficient | SE | Coefficient | SE | |
| Intercept at Grade 5 | 3.086*** | .025 | 3.134*** | .030 | 3.132*** | .029 | 3.135*** | .030 |
| Total school changes | 0.020 | .022 | 0.005 | .015 | 0.003 | .015 | 0.005 | .015 |
| Gender | −0.081** | .027 | −0.082** | .027 | −0.082** | .027 | ||
| Low income | 0.058* | .029 | 0.055 | .029 | 0.058* | .029 | ||
| Antisocial | −0.236*** | .038 | −0 227*** | .038 | −0.235*** | .038 | ||
| Shy/withdrawn | 0.016 | .035 | 0.015 | .035 | 0.016 | .035 | ||
| Total stress | −0.007 | .006 | −0.006 | .006 | −0.007 | .006 | ||
| Linear change | −0.043*** | .012 | −0.032*** | .009 | −0.033*** | .007 | −0.032*** | .009 |
| Total school changes | 0.016 | .011 | ||||||
| Covariate: Teacher support | 0.543*** | .025 | ||||||
| Covariate: Total school changes | 0.045* | .023 | ||||||
| Covariate: Peer acceptance | 0.063*** | .018 | ||||||
p < .05.
p < .01.
p < .001.