Table 5.

Results from Latent Growth Curve Model (Parallel Process Model) Correlating Level and Velocity of Mothers’ Depression and Child Behavior Problems

Model	Model Fit Information
	Description	χ2	df	p value	AIC
3a	No Child-Mother Relations	157.0	85		18308.8
3b	Child’s Intercept Predicted by Mother’s Intercept	149.9	84	3a vs. 3b: 0.008	18303.7
3c	Child’s Slope Predicted by Mother’s Slope	155.4	84	3a vs. 3c: 0.21	18309.2
3d	Child’s Intercept Predicted by Mother’s Intercept & Child’s Slope Predicted by Mother’s Slope	147.6	83	3b vs 3d: 0.13 3c vs 3d: 0.005	18303.3

Model 3d Parameter Estimates
Parameter	Estimate	SE	z	p
Child’s Intercept Predicted by Mother’s Intercept	0.23	0.09	2.83	0.01
Child Slope predicted by Mother’s Slope	0.31	0.20	1.53	0.13
Child Intercept, Slope Covariance	−4.76	1.40	−3.41	0.001
Mother Intercept, Slope Covariance	−1.65	0.72	−2.29	0.02
Child Intercept Variance	61.56	7.76
Child Slope Variance	2.12	0.38
Mother Intercept Variance	37.45	4.71
Mother Slope Variance	0.74	0.17

^*Model 3d: Observed variable intercepts and variances not reported. CFI=0.950. TLI=0.945. RMSEA=0.057.