Table 4.
Intensity of Environmental Chaos and Children’s Functioning
| Child Functioning Wave 2
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Child Functioning Wave 3
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| Poor Health | Delays | Poor Health | Externalizing | Internalizing | Total Problems | |||||||
| Coef | (SE) | Coef | (SE) | Coef | (SE) | Coef | (SE) | Coef | (SE) | Coef | (SE) | |
| Main Effects Model | ||||||||||||
| Chaos Intensity | 0.03 | (0.06) | 0.15 | (0.06)** | 0.15 | (0.07)* | 1.76 | (0.74)* | 1.38 | (0.90) | 2.21 | (0.84)** |
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| Mediation Model | ||||||||||||
| Chaos Intensity | 0.01 | (0.07) | 0.14 | (0.07)* | 0.12 | (0.06)+ | 0.45 | (0.97) | 1.04 | (0.74) | 1.30 | (0.92)+ |
| Maternal Distress | 0.04 | (0.07) | −0.01 | (0.08) | 0.10 | (0.09) | 2.55 | (0.54)** | 3.39 | (0.91)** | 3.31 | (0.76)** |
| Maternal Sensitivity | −0.07 | (0.06) | −0.22 | (0.14) | −0.06 | (0.14) | −2.39 | (1.05)** | −2.76 | (1.02)** | −2.83 | (1.21)* |
Note.
**
p < 0.01
*
p < 0.05
+
p < 0.10
In models predicting Wave 2 functioning, chaos and stability variables were derived from waves 1–2 contexts; in models predicting Wave 3 functioning, chaos and stability variables were derived from waves 1–3 contexts. Coefficients for covariates not shown.