Table 3.

Determining Numbers of Classes for Hassles and Uplifts Trajectories

# of Groups	Hassles
	Intensity (n=1293)		Exposure (n=1313)		Summary (n=1313)
	BIC	2(ΔBIC)	BIC	2(ΔBIC)	BIC	2(ΔBIC)
1	−2404.11	-	−24063.55	-	−15689.13	-
2	−2220.06	368.10	−17492.71	13141.68	−15200.95	976.36
3	−2185.75	68.62	−15982.57	3020.28	−15059.00	283.90*
4	−2168.92	33.66*	−15627.24	710.66	False Convergence
5	−2177.19	−16.54	−15384.23	486.02
6			−15189.49	389.48
7			−15136.98	105.02
8			−14887.54	498.88
9			−14873.98	27.12
10			−14820.62*	106.72
11			False Convergence

# of Groups	Uplifts
	Intensity (n=1306)		Exposure (n=1313)		Summary (n=1311)
	BIC	2(ΔBIC)	BIC	2(ΔBIC)	BIC	2(ΔBIC)
1	−2673.82	-	−21842.53	-	−17731.37	-
2	−2242.32	863.00	−17637.21	8410.64	−17331.72	799.30
3	−2134.31	216.02	−16573.00	2128.42	−17221.38	220.68
4	−2123.68	21.26*	−16268.42	609.16	−17184.97	72.82*
5	−2128.69	−10.02	−16034.52	467.8	−17184.52	.90
6			−15879.26	310.52
7			−15752.24	254.04
8			−15683.78	136.92
9			−15645.42	76.72*
10			−15645.06	.72

Note. (ΔBIC) = BIC of the alternative (more complex) model – BIC of the null (simpler) model; 2(ΔBIC) higher than 10 indicates the alternative model is strongly favored (Jones et al, 2001)

^*Indicates model selected as “best fitting.”