Table 5.

Aim 2 multilevel models: Prior readiness for change predicting subsequent help seeking

Variable	Parameter	AA attendance		Treatment attendance
		Unconditional growth model	Final model	Unconditional growth model	Final model
Fixed effects
Intercept	β00	0.280***	0.277***	0.112***	0.114***
Linear time	β10	-0.115***	-0.105***	-0.022***	-0.023***
Quadratic time	β20	0.024***	0.022***
Ambivalence	β30		0.002		0.001
Problem recognition	β40				0.000
Taking steps	β50		0.004*
Variance components
Level 1: Within	eij	0.020	0.021	0.015	0.015
Level 2: Initial status	r0	0.076***	0.076***	0.026***	0.026***
Linear time
Variance	r1	0.021***	0.024***	0.003***	0.003***
Covariance with initial status	τ10	-0.030*	-0.031*	-0.008**	-0.008**
Quadratic time
Variance	r2	0.001	0.001*
Covariance with initial status	τ20	0.005	0.006
Covariance with linear time	τ21	-0.004	-0.005

Note: AA = Alcoholics Anonymous

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01;

^***p < .001.