Table 6.

Relations Between Growth in Temperament and Parenting and Their Prediction of Adjustment Problems

Variable	Model fit		Growth relations			Time 3 adjustment
			Corr. btw. Intercepts	Temp. intercept → par. slope	Par. intercept → temp. slope
	χ2(22)	CFI				Internalizing	Externalizing
Feara and						17.97**/16.73** (2.81)/(2.38)	8.71**/7.04** (2.25)/(1.59)
						0.92/0.87	0.43/0.26
Rejection	59.61**	.98	1.60** (0.56)	−0.10* (0.04)	0.01** (0.01)	0.39 (2.32)	6.31* (2.89)
			0.31	−0.19	0.15	0.03	0.56
Inconsistency	39.85*	.99	1.74* (0.71)	−0.12* (0.05)	−0.02* (0.01)	−0.86 (0.95)	2.48* (1.08)
			0.24	−0.16	−0.22	−0.07	0.69
Irritabilitya and						30.20**/13.87** (3.52)/(2.89)	11.86**/2.15 (1.03)/(2.63)
						0.27/0.24	0.32/0.14
Rejection	50.03**	.98	3.47** (0.74)	0.03 (0.03)	0.01** (0.01)	2.12 (2.73)	5.26 (2.97)
			0.50	0.08	0.16	0.09	0.07
Inconsistency	70.87**	.98	3.94** (0.97)	0.07** (0.02)	0.01 (0.01)	2.53 (1.99)	5.50* (2.48)
			0.40	0.19	0.03	0.14	0.27
Effortful controla and						−11.60**/−5.58* (−17.59)/(−2.83)	−7.51**/−4.59* (1.31)/(−2.34)
						0.39/0.18	0.67/−0.25
Rejection	57.89**	.99	−4.66** (0.79)	−0.01** (0.002)	0.01 (0.01)	7.81** (1.37)	6.18** (1.21)
			−0.56	−0.38	0.03	0.29	0.80
Inconsistency	60.38**	.99	−4.10** (1.06)	−0.04 (0.04)	0.00 (0.01)	13.17 (12.81)	12.00* (5.16)
			−0.39	−0.12	0.00	0.09	0.28

Note. Values are the unstandardized coefficients (standard errors) and standardized coefficients from conditional latent growth curve models. Income was controlled. CFI = comparative fit index; Corr. = correlation; btw. = between; Temp. = temperament; Par. = parenting.

^aEffects of temperament on outcome depended on the parenting variable in the model; therefore, values are those for the models with rejection/inconsistency, respectively. N = 190.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.