Table 6.
Mixed models (with random intercept) considering attitudes regarding avoidance, dangerousness, workability, helping, and responsibility as the dependent variable (n=48).
Dependent variable and predictors of change over time | Model A: unconditional means model | Model B: unconditional growth (with time) | Model C: time & age & education | ||||
Parameter estimate (SE) | P value | Parameter estimate (SE) | P value | Parameter estimate (SE) | P value | ||
Attitude avoidance | |||||||
Fixed effects | |||||||
Intercept (initial status) | 10.50 (0.439) | <.001 | 11.44 (0.492) | <.001 | 11.69 (0.773) | <.001 | |
Time (rate of change) | |||||||
Wave = 1 | –1.37 (0.390) | .001 | –1.37 (0.390) | .001 | |||
Wave = 2 | –1.66 (0.422) | <.001 | –1.66 (0.422) | <.001 | |||
Age | –0.39 (0.880) | ||||||
Education | –0.12 (0.881) | ||||||
Variance components | |||||||
Level 1: within-person (residual) | 4.43 (0.681) | <.001 | 3.60 (0.554) | <.001 | 3.60 (0.555) | <.001 | |
Level 2: in intercept | 7.63 (1.926) | <.001 | 8.00 (1.932) | <.001 | 7.95 (1.924) | <.001 | |
Goodness of fit | |||||||
Deviance | 659.03 | 641.77 | 641.55 | ||||
AICa | 665.03 | 651.77 | 655.55 | ||||
BICb | 673.70 | 666.22 | 675.78 | ||||
Attitude dangerousness | |||||||
Fixed effects | |||||||
Intercept (initial status) | 9.72 (0.404) | <.001 | 10.60 (0.440) | <.001 | 11.33 (0.688) | <.001 | |
Time (rate of change) | |||||||
Wave = 1 | –1.32 (0.308) | <.001 | –1.32 (0.308) | <.001 | |||
Wave = 2 | –1.52 (0.333) | <.001 | –1.51 (0.333) | <.001 | |||
Age | –0.40 (0.791) | ||||||
Education | –1.10 (0.792) | ||||||
Variance components | |||||||
Level 1: within-person (residual) | 2.96 (0.454) | <.001 | 2.24 (0.345) | <.001 | 2.25 (0.345) | <.001 | |
Level 2: in intercept | 6.76 (1.615) | <.001 | 7.03 (1.614) | <.001 | 6.67 (1.543) | <.001 | |
Goodness of fit | |||||||
Deviance | 616.80 | 593.42 | 591.23 | ||||
AIC | 622.80 | 603.42 | 605.23 | ||||
BIC | 631.47 | 617.87 | 625.46 | ||||
Attitude workability | |||||||
Fixed effects | 10.68 (0.409) | <.001 | 10.83 (0.472) | <.001 | 11.83 (0.707) | <.001 | |
Intercept (initial status) | |||||||
Time (rate of change) | |||||||
Wave = 1 | –0.08 (0.415) | –0.08 (0.415) | |||||
Wave = 2 | –0.47 (0.451) | –0.46 (0.452) | |||||
Age | –1.24 (0.791) | ||||||
Education | –0.78 (0.792) | ||||||
Variance components | |||||||
Level 1: within-person (residual) | 4.20 (0.642) | <.001 | 4.13 (0.632) | <.001 | 4.14 (0.635) | <.001 | |
Level 2: in intercept | 6.50 (1.666) | <.001 | 6.58 (1.676) | <.001 | 5.98 (1.565) | <.001 | |
Goodness of fit | |||||||
Deviance | 652.52 | 651.35 | 647.93 | ||||
AIC | 658.52 | 661.35 | 661.93 | ||||
BIC | 667.21 | 675.84 | 682.21 | ||||
Attitude helping | |||||||
Fixed effects | 8.07 (0.241) | <.001 | 8.17 (0.315) | <.001 | 8.00 (0.452) | <.001 | |
Intercept (initial status) | |||||||
Time (rate of change) | |||||||
Wave = 1 | 1.16 (0.587) | –0.51 (0.365) | |||||
Wave = 2 | 0.31 (0.484) | 0.31 (0.392) | |||||
Age | 0.38 (0.479) | ||||||
Education | –0.04 (0.479) | ||||||
Variance components | |||||||
Level 1: within-person (residual) | 3.32 (0.507) | <.001 | 3.17 (0.484) | <.001 | 3.16 (0.482) | <.001 | |
Level 2: in intercept | 1.58 (0.594) | .008 | 1.61 (0.587) | .006 | 1.59 (0.580) | .006 | |
Goodness of fit | |||||||
Deviance | 577.25 | 572.78 | 572.15 | ||||
AIC | 583.25 | 582.78 | 586.15 | ||||
BIC | 591.92 | 597.24 | 606.39 | ||||
Attitude responsibility | |||||||
Fixed effects | |||||||
Intercept (initial status) | 4.68 (0.248) | <.001 | 5.08 (0.274) | <.001 | 4.99 (0.428) | <.001 | |
Time (rate of change) | |||||||
Wave = 1 | –0.62 (0.208) | .004 | –0.61 (0.208) | .004 | |||
Wave = 2 | –0.69 (0.225) | .003 | –0.68 (0.225) | .003 | |||
Age | 0.54 (0.489) | ||||||
Education | –0.37 (0.490) | ||||||
Variance components | |||||||
Level 1: within-person (residual) | 1.18 (0.181) | <.001 | 1.02 (0.157) | <.001 | 1.02 (0.157) | <.001 | |
Level 2: in intercept | 2.52 (0.611) | <.001 | 2.58 (0.612) | <.001 | 2.49 (0.591) | <.001 | |
Goodness of fit | |||||||
Deviance | 491.42 | 479.80 | 478.11 | ||||
AIC | 497.42 | 489.80 | 492.11 | ||||
BIC | 506.09 | 504.25 | 512.34 |
aAIC: Akaike information criterion.
bBIC: Bayesian information criterion.