Table 5.
Latent Growth Models of Men’s Alcohol Use Across Their 20s
| Unconditional Model | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Information Criteria | ||||
| AIC | 2251.27 | 2228.97 | 2161.84 | 2159.82 |
| BIC | 2289.08 | 2277.58 | 2213.15 | 2232.73 |
| Adj. BIC | 2244.84 | 2220.70 | 2153.10 | 2147.41 |
| Fixed Effects | ||||
| Intercept | 4.53*** | 3.06*** | 3.15*** | 3.01*** |
| Slope | −0.08* | −0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| AR effect baseline to T1 | 0.06 | 0.47* | 0.48** | 0.51** |
| AR effect T1 to T2 | -- | 0.29* | 0.27** | 0.29*** |
| AR effect T2 to T3 | -- | 0.30* | 0.27* | 0.30*** |
| AR effect T3 to T4 | -- | 0.22 | 0.18 M | 0.26** |
| Men’s ASB T1 to T4 | -- | 0.19** | 0.11 | 0.11M |
| Partners’ alcohol T1 | -- | -- | 0.42*** | -- |
| Partners’ alcohol T2 | -- | -- | 0.42*** | -- |
| Partners’ alcohol T3 | -- | -- | 0.42*** | -- |
| Partners’ alcohol T4 | -- | -- | 0.42*** | -- |
| Same partners’ alcohol T1 | -- | -- | -- | 0.40*** |
| Same partners’ alcohol T2 | -- | -- | -- | 0.40*** |
| Same partners’ alcohol T3 | -- | -- | -- | 0.40*** |
| Same partners’ alcohol T4 | -- | -- | -- | 0.40*** |
| New partner T1 | -- | -- | -- | 0.20 |
| New partner T2 | -- | -- | -- | 0.07 |
| New partner T3 | -- | -- | -- | 0.37 |
| New partner T4 | -- | -- | -- | −1.30* |
| PA × New partner T1 | -- | -- | −0.07 | |
| PA × New partner T2 | -- | -- | -- | 0.03 |
| PA × New partner T3 | -- | -- | -- | −0.15 |
| PA × New partner T4 | -- | -- | -- | 0.45* |
| Covariance (MA at BL, intercept) | 1.68*** | 0.72 | 0.23 | 0.14 |
| Covariance (MA at BL, slope) | −0.02 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.10 |
| Random Effects | ||||
| Variance of intercept | 2.64*** | 1.03 | 0.74* | 0.70* |
| Variance of slope | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Covariance (intercept, slope) | −0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 | −0.01 |
Note. ASB = Antisocial Behavior; AR = Autoregressive; BL = Baseline; MA = Men’s Alcohol; PA = Partners’ Alcohol.
***
p < 0.001.
**
p < 0.01.
*
p < 0.05.
M
p < 0.10.