Table 5.
Moves and Weighted Family Structure Transitions Predicting Pre-Adolescent Behaviors
| Standardized Beta Coefficients | Constrained Path Analysis | ||||
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| Path | Full Sample | Caucasian | African American | X2 | P-Value |
| Moves (0–5) → Externalizing (10) | .083† | .194** | −.048 | 5.444 | .020 |
| Family Transitions Weighted (0–5) → Externalizing (10) | .083† | .124* | .009 | 1.296 | .255 |
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| Moves (0–5) → Δ Externalizing (5–10) | .078† | .129* | .017 | 1.205 | .272 |
| Family Transitions Weighted (0–5) → Δ Externalizing (5–10) | .024 | .072 | −.033 | 1.715 | .190 |
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| Moves (0–5) → Internalizing (10) | .057 | .114† | −.032 | 2.325 | .127 |
| Family Transitions Weighted (0–5) → Internalizing (10) | .036 | .053 | −.080 | 2.235 | .135 |
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| Moves (0–5) → Δ Internalizing (5–10) | .010 | .062 | −.057 | 1.825 | .177 |
| Family Transitions Weighted (0–5) → Δ Internalizing (5–10) | −.004 | .014 | −.080 | 1.393 | .238 |
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| Moves (5–10) → Externalizing (10) | −.039 | −.059 | .013 | .640 | .424 |
| Family Transitions Weighted (5–10) → Externalizing (10) | .028 | .048 | −.009 | .477 | .490 |
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| Moves (5–10) → Δ Externalizing (5–10) | −.044 | −.061 | −.001 | .600 | .439 |
| Family Transitions Weighted (5–10) → Δ Externalizing (5–10) | .046 | .052 | .034 | .091 | .762 |
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| Moves (5–10) → Internalizing (10) | .041 | .048 | .068 | .002 | .969 |
| Family Transitions Weighted (5–10) → Internalizing (10) | −.012 | −.041 | .019 | .511 | .475 |
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| Moves (5–10) → Δ Internalizing (5–10) | .033 | .026 | .077 | .176 | .675 |
| Family Transitions Score (5–10) → Δ Internalizing (5–10) | −.016 | −.031 | .006 | .253 | .615 |
Note. The Full Sample column corresponds to the main effect of the model, while the Caucasian and African American columns correspond to the moderation effects. Early-childhood mobility and family structure transitions were included in the same model as middle-childhood transitions to allow for the detection of age effects of turbulence on age 10 behaviors. For parsimony, covariates are not included in this table. However, analyses accounted for family income (5), primary caregiver (PC) education (5), intervention status, target child gender, site location, household chaos (5), PC depressive symptoms (5), and neighborhood danger (7–10). Additionally, we controlled for internalizing and externalizing behaviors at age 5 to detect changes in internalizing and externalizing behaviors between ages 5 and 10, respectively.
denotes p < 0.1,
denotes p < 0.05,
denotes p < 0.01.