Table 4.
Model coefficients for the final model of the growth curve analysis of pronoun production as the dependent variable.
| Predictor | Coefficient (SE) |
|---|---|
| TD group intercept | 0.24 (.39) |
| Visit (Linear) x TD | 1.17*** (.15) |
| Visit2 (Quadratic) x TD | −0.15*** (.02) |
| TD x 2nd person pronoun | −2.49*** (.37) |
| Visit x TD x 2nd person | 0.40* (.17) |
| Visit2 x TD x 2nd person | −0.007 (.02) |
| TD x 3rd person pronoun | −2.16*** (.33) |
| Visit x TD x 3rd person | 0.75*** (.15) |
| Visit2 x TD x 3rd person | −0.09*** (.02) |
| ASD group intercept | 1.52** (.57) |
| Visit x ASD | −0.84*** (.22) |
| Visit2 x ASD | 0.11*** (.03) |
| ASD x 2nd person | −0.03 (.45) |
| Visit x ASD x 2nd person | −0.21 (.22) |
| Visit2 x ASD x 2nd person | 0.01 (.03) |
| ASD x 3rd person | −1.87*** (.44) |
| Visit x ASD x 3rd person | 0.58* (.23) |
| Visit2 x ASD x 3rd person | −0.12** (.04) |
| Response to Joint Attention x TD | <0.001 (<.001) |
| RJA x TD x 2nd person | <.001 (<.001) |
| RJA x TD x 3rd person | <.001 (<.001) |
| RJA x ASD | −0.0006** (<.001) |
| RJA x ASD x 2nd person | 0.0007* (<.001) |
| RJA x ASD x 3rd person | 0.001*** (<.001 |
| Variables not interacting with diagnostic group: | |
| Name bias | −1.16 (.65) |
| Name bias x 2nd person | 0.52* (.23) |
| Name bias x 3rd person | 0.69** (.22) |
| Word tokens | 0.001*** (<.001) |
| Goodness of fit: -2LL | 1966 |
*
< .05,
**
< .01,
***
< .001
Note: First-person pronouns were coded as “0.” Therefore, the unmarked effects (i.e. no mention of 2nd or 3rd person) are for the 1st person pronouns.