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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 26.
Published in final edited form as: J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2013 May;41(4):515–529. doi: 10.1007/s10802-012-9692-x

Table 3. Direct, indirect and total effects predicting externalizing behaviors at age 15.

Direct effects Indirect effects Total effects
Prod. Activity - EC -.026 (-.039, -.015)** -.026 (-.039, -.015)**
Prod. Activity - MC -.001 (-.020, .000) ns -.001 (-.020, .000) ns
Prod. Activity – EA -.012 (-.022, .-005)* -.012 (-.022, .-005)*
Sensitivity - EC -.033 (-.048, -.023)** -.033 (-.048, -.023)**
Sensitivity - MC -.034 (-.047, -.024)** -.034 (-.047, -.024)**
Sensitivity – EA -.027 (-.040,-.016)** -.027 (-.040,-.016)**
Harshness – EC .020 (.011, .032)** .020 (.011, .032)**
Harshness - MC .030 (.018, .045)** .030 (.018, .045)**
Harshness – EA .005 (-.003, .014) ns .005 (-.003, .014) ns
Externalizing – EC .101 (.079, .126)** .101 (.079, .126)**
Externalizing - MC .181 (.144, .215)** .181 (.144, .215)**
Externalizing – EA .173 (.117, .226)** .070 (.045, .099)** .244 (.195, .292)**
Self-control – age 15 -.151 (-.210, -.092)** -.151 (-.210, -.092)**
Monitoring – age 15 -.128 (-.184, -.073)** -.128 (-.184, -.073)**
*

p < .05,

**

p < .01; 95% confidence intervals in parentheses; coefficients are standardized;

ns

= nonsignificant

EC = early childhood; MC = middle childhood; EA = Early Adolescence