Table 4.

Model estimated Parameters for Full Model

Effect	Unstandardized Estimate	SE	Est/SE	p	95%CI
					Lower	Upper
Measurement model factor loadings
Wake-up cort
Day 1	.91	.05	17.76	.000	.81	1.01
Day 2	.99	.05	20.09	.000	.90	1.09
Day 3	1.00	–	–	–	–	–
Bedtime cort
Day 1	1.00	–	–	–	–	–
Day 2	.98	.04	25.23	.000	.90	1.05
Day 3	.90	.04	23.10	.000	.83	.98
Path model: Direct effects
Cortisol slope ON
Involvement with CPS	.56	.11	5.10	.000	.34	.77
Income-to-needs ratio	−.08	.03	−3.14	.002	−.13	−.03
Covariate: Child age	.12	.08	1.58	.114	−.06	.18
Covariate: Intervention	−.11	.11	−1.01	.314	−.32	.10
Covariate: Female	−.01	.07	−.12	.906	−.14	.10
Cortisol intercept ON
Involvement with CPS	−.39	.10	−3.85	.001	−.58	−.19
Income-to-needs ratio	−.001	.02	−.06	.952	−.05	.05
Covariate: Child age	−.14	.06	−2.54	.011	−.25	−.03
Covariate: Intervention	.32	.10	3.22	.001	.13	.52
Covariate: Female	−.02	.06	−.34	.734	−.14	.10
CBCL Externalizing ON
Cortisol slope	.91	.39	2.31	.021	.14	1.68
Involvement with CPS	−.33	.32	−1.01	.312	−.96	.31
Income-to-needs ratio	−.09	.07	−1.35	.178	−.21	.04
Covariate: Child age	−.32	.14	−2.30	.021	−.58	−.05
Covariate: Intervention	.15	.24	.62	.534	−.32	.62
Covariate: Female	−.13	.15	−.88	.378	−.42	.16
Path model: Indirect effects
CPS to Ext via Cort slope	.51	.24	2.13	.033	.04	.97
Income to Ext via Cort slope	−.07	.04	−1.85	.064	−.15	.004