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Published in final edited form as: Infant Behav Dev. 2013 Oct 5;36(4):10.1016/j.infbeh.2013.09.004. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2013.09.004

Table 4.

Unconditional parameter estimates for parental sensitivity, temperament scales, and temperament factors.

Model Individual variation: covariance parameter estimate
Means: solutions for fixed effects
Estimate SE P Estimate SE P
Mother sensitivity
    Intercept .04 .03 .04 4.12 .05 <.0001
    Linear change .56 .76 .23 .46 .19 .02
Father sensitivity
    Intercept .13 .04 <.001 4.07 .05 <.0001
    Linear change 0 .000 .000 .24 .18 .18
High intensity pleasure
    Intercept .50 .09 <.0001 4.79 .07 <.0001
    Linear change 0 .000 .000 3.50 .23 <.0001
Activity level
    Intercept .27 .07 <.0001 3.72 .06 <.0001
    Linear change .43 1.02 .34 2.80 .22 <.0001
Approach
    Intercept .91 .18 <.0001 3.46 .10 <.0001
    Linear change 5.23 2.34 .01 5.66 .35 <.0001
Laughter and smiling
    Intercept .79 .14 <.0001 4.07 .09 <.0001
    Linear change 1.43 1.37 .15 1.98 .26 <.0001
Vocal affectivity
    Intercept .87 .14 <.0001 3.82 .09 <.0001
    Linear change 2.80 1.23 .01 2.67 .25 <.0001
Perceptual sensitivity
    Intercept .78 .14 <.0001 2.89 .09 <.0001
    Linear change 2.14 1.60 .09 3.80 .28 <.0001
Distress to limitations
    Intercept .32 .08 <.0001 3.49 .07 <.0001
    Linear change 2.67 1.21 .01 .42 .25 .10
Fear
    Intercept .29 .07 <.0001 2.07 .06 <.0001
    Linear change 3.87 1.20 .001 1.08 .26 <.0001
Sadness
    Intercept .49 .09 <.0001 3.29 .07 <.0001
    Linear change 2.05 1.15 .04 .36 .24 .13
Falling reactivity
    Intercept .68 .12 <.0001 5.04 .08 <.0001
    Linear change 2.10 1.16 .04 .08 .24 .75
Duration oforienting
    Intercept .74 .16 <.0001 3.77 .09 <.0001
    Linear change 3.85 2.08 .03 .97 .33 .004
Low intensity pleasure
    Intercept .45 .10 <.0001 4.93 .08 <.0001
    Linear change 2.40 1.45 .049 .57 .27 .04
Cuddliness
    Intercept .19 .04 <.0001 6.08 .05 <.0001
    Linear change .75 .49 .06 −1.69 .16 <.0001
Soothability
    Intercept .34 .08 <.0001 4.84 .07 <.0001
    Linear change .98 1.02 .17 .43 .22 .06