Table 3.

Path estimates for the stability and cross‐lagged paths and the proportion accounted for by genetic (A), shared environmental (C) and nonshared environmental (E) influences

	Phenotypic path estimate	Percentage of covariance explained
		A	C	E
Stability paths
OCS T1 → OCS T2	.41 (.36–.45)	.54 (.16–1.00)	.00 (.00–.54)	.46 (.27–1.00)
AS T1 → AS T2	.41 (.36–.46)	.18 (.00–1.00)	.00 (.00–.57)	.82 (.36–1.00)
Cross‐lagged paths
OCS T1 → AS T2	.13 (.08–.18)	.30 (.00–1.00)	.00 (.00–.79)	.70 (.09–1.00)
AS T1 → OCS T2	.12 (.07–.17)	.05 (.00–1.00)	.00 (.00–1.00)	.95 (.43–1.00)

A = additive genetic effects; C = shared environmental effects; and E = nonshared environmental effects. 95% confidence intervals in parentheses.

AS, anxiety sensitivity; OCS, obsessive–compulsive symptoms; T1, Time 1; and T2, Time 2.