Table 4.
Parameter Estimates from Hierarchical Linear Models Testing Mothers’ Depression as a Time-varying (Level 1) Predictor of Children’s Behavior Problems
| Level 1 | Child Behavior Problems
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| Fixed Effects
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| Intercept | 46.01 | 0.69 | 66.41 |
| Time | 0.19 | 0.37 | 0.50 |
| Time2 | −0.02 | 0.06 | −0.40 |
| BDI | 0.14 | 0.04 | 3.80 |
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| Level 2 Random Effects | |||
| Variance Estimate | SE | ||
| Intercept | 63.93 | 8.00 | |
| Time | 8.22 | 2.87 | |
| Time2 | 0.14 | 0.37 | |
Note. BDI = Beck Depressive Inventory (mother self-report). BDI treated as fixed at Level 2.