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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Sci. 2015 Dec 21;20(3):10.1111/desc.12380. doi: 10.1111/desc.12380

Table 4.

Latent Growth Model: Model Fit Indices and Standardized Parameter Estimates of the Predictive Effects of Temperament and SES Risks

Effortful Control and SES Risks Negative Affect and SES Risks Surgency and SES Risks
Intercept Slope Intercept Slope Intercept Slope
Study 1
WRRMP
Reading
Age .74*** −.77*** .74*** −.77*** .74*** −.77***
SES −.13*** .09** −.12*** .07* −.14*** .08*
Temperament .14*** −.04 −.03 .01 −.06*** .03
SES x Temperament −.00 .06* −.05+ .01 −.01 −.05*
Fit Indices χ2(df) = 545.65(52)
RMSEA = .10; CFI = .95
χ2(df) = 536.10(52)
RMSEA = .10; CFI = .95
χ2(df) = 569.33 (52)
RMSEA = .11; CFI = .93

Study 1
WRRMP
Math
Age .47*** −.62*** .45*** −.59*** .47*** −.64***
SES −.16*** −.11 −16*** −.18** −.19*** −.15*
Temperament .17*** −.09 −.13*** .08 −.01 .01
SES x Temperament .02 .15+ −.08* .02 −.03 −.15*
Fit Indices χ2(df) = 12.32 (10)
RMSEA = .02; CFI = 1.00
χ2(df) = 20.48 (10)
RMSEA = .04; CFI = 1.00
χ2(df) = 18.93 (10)
RMSEA = .03; CFI = 1.00

Study 2
SECCYD
Reading
SES −.40*** .10 −.43*** .09 −.44*** .10
Temperament .21*** −.11+ −.10** .23*** .02 .07
SES x Temperament −.08** .13* −.06+ −.06 .06 −.03
Fit Indices χ2(df) = 3.79(3)
RMSEA = .01; CFI = 1.00
χ2(df) = 5.95(3)
RMSEA = .03; CFI = 1.00
χ2(df) = 4.41(3)
RMSEA = .02; CFI = 1.00

Study 2
SECCYD
Math
SES −.34*** .06 −37*** .06 −.38*** .07
Temperament .17*** −.10+ −.07+ .02 .02 −.01
SES x Temperament −.06 .10+ −.07* .01 .10** −.14**
Fit Indices χ2(df) = 19.17 (4)
RMSEA = .05; CFI = .99
χ2(df) = 22.47 (4)
RMSEA = .06; CFI = .99
χ2(df) = 19.28 (4)
RMSEA = .05; CFI = .99

Note. df = degrees of freedom; RMSEA = root mean square error of approximation; CFI = comparative fit index.

+

p < .07;

*

p < .05;

**

p < .01;

***

p < .001.