Table 5.
Validity Correlations from Multilevel Structural Equation Models with Construct and Criterion Indicators – Formative Items
| Construct Validity | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Convergent | Discriminant | Criterion Validity | ||||||||
| Adversity Item (level) | Child Stress (W) | Child Stress (B) | Have Child (W) | Have Child (B) | Psych Prob (W) | Psych Prob (B) | Family Support (W) | Family Support (B) | Health (W) | Health (B) |
| Family physical illness (W) | 0.28* | - | 0.04 | - | 0.01 | - | −0.07 | - | 0.09 | - |
| Family physical illness (B) | - | 0.37* | - | −0.34 | - | 0.31* | - | −0.27* | - | −0.32* |
| Parental death (W) | 0.52 | - | 0.01 | - | 0.16 | - | −0.19 | - | 0.10 | - |
| Parental death (B) | - | 0.31* | - | 0.35 | - | 0.24 | - | −0.03 | - | −0.12 |
| Death of close family (W) | 0.03 | - | 0.37 | - | 0.07 | - | 0.01 | - | 0.12 | - |
| Death of close family (B) | - | 0.33* | - | −0.36 | - | 0.23 | - | −0.23 | - | −0.47* |
| Caregiver separation (W) | 0.29* | - | 0.09 | - | 0.45* | - | −0.29* | - | −0.31* | - |
| Caregiver separation (B) | - | 0.79* | - | 0.02 | - | 0.22 | - | −0.36* | - | −0.27 |
| Violence outside home (W) | 0.24* | - | 0.08 | - | 0.12 | - | −0.17 | - | −0.26* | - |
| Violence outside home (B) | - | 0.23 | - | 0.16 | - | 0.40 | - | −0.14 | - | −0.31 |
| Stressful transitions (W) | 0.36* | - | 0.36 | - | 0.31* | - | −0.30* | - | 0.00 | - |
| Stressful transitions (B) | - | 0.55* | - | −0.02 | - | 0.05 | - | −0.21 | - | −0.20 |
Note. W = Within-family level; B = Between-family level. Estimates are standardized.
*
Significant = credible intervals exclude zero.