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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2015 Feb;43(2):229–241. doi: 10.1007/s10802-014-9905-6

Table 3.

Summary of Three-Wave Longitudinal Mediation Models: Mediator Measured at 11 months and Outcome at 6 Years

Moderator Mediator a a ’ b c c ’ X2 Df RMSEA SRMR CFI
Outcome: Educational Expectations (covariates =caregiver’s education, deceased’s education, family income)
Pretest
Risk		 Parenting .12 .16 −.02 .06 −.24* .02 1 0.0 .001 1.0
Cg/Y Ext. −.09 −.10 −.05 .06 −.25* 0.0 03 0.0 .01 1.0
Cg/Y Int. −.04 −.31** −.001 .06 −.25* 0.0 03 0.0 .01 1.0
Teacher Ext. .05 .05 −.03 .06 −.24* 3.41 1 .10 .02 .97
Teacher Int. −.17† .08 .02 .06 −.25* .02 1 0.0 .001 1.0
Acad. Comp .08 .07 .15* .05 −.26* 3.44 1 .10 .02 .97
Outcome: GPA1
Child Age Parenting .06 −.16* .19* .05 −.23† .76 1 0.0 .01 1.0
Cg/Y Ext. −.09 .17† −.16 .04 −.26† 0.0 03 0.0 .01 1.0
Cg/Y Int. −.03 .17† .05 .06 −.29* 0.0 03 0.0 .01 1.0
Teacher Ext. .03 −.03 −.10 .06 −.29* 1.48 1 .06 .02 .99
Teacher Int. −.22* −.07 .06 .07 −.28* .02 1 0.0 .002 1.0
Acad. Comp. .13 −.01 .28** .06* −.34** .07 1 0.0 .003 1.0
Mo. Death Parenting .05 .20* .20* .03 .26* .94 1 0.0 .008 1.0
Cg/Y Ext. −.08 −.16 −.17 .02 .29* 0.0 03 0.0 .0 1.0
Cg/Y Int. −.02 −.10 −.01 .03 .32* 0.0 03 0.0 .001 1.0
Teacher Ext. .03 −.10 −.08 .03 31* .67 1 0.0 .009 1.0
Teacher Int. −.22* −.08 .07 .05 .32* .006 1 0.0 .001 1.0
Acad. Comp. .15* −.02 .24** −.01 .34** .094 1 0.0 .004 1.0

Note: a’ = program × pretest moderator interaction on the mediator. c’= program × moderator interaction effect on outcome. Acad. Comp. = Academic Competence; Cg/Y= Caregiver and youth-reported; Ext.=Externalizing problems; Int.=Internalizing problems;

†

p<.10,

*

p<.05,

**

p<.01;

1

n=142;

3

Degree of freedom differed: At baseline, we controlled for behavior problems (risk), covariates, and mediators, but only controlled for baseline risk and covariates for models with Cg/Y internalizing or externalizing as outcome.