Table 5.

Parameter estimates of the latent growth curve models for each outcome separated by group

Variable	Late starters			Moderate daters			Frequent changers			Singles
	b	SE	p	b	SE	p	b	SE	p	b	SE	p
Life satisfaction
Intercept W1	7.95	0.04	<0.001	8.06a	0.04	<0.001	7.79	0.09	<0.001	7.77b	0.05	<0.001
Slope	−0.27	0.05	<0.001	−0.36	0.05	<0.001	−0.39	0.11	<0.001	−0.38	0.06	<0.001
Intercept W10	7.68a	0.04	<0.001	7.70a	0.05	<0.001	7.40	0.09	<0.001	7.40b	0.05	<0.001
Self-esteem
Intercept W2	3.99	0.03	<0.001	3.99	0.03	<0.001	3.93	0.06	<0.001	3.93	0.03	<0.001
Slope	−0.12	0.03	<0.001	−0.11	0.03	<0.001	−0.20	0.07	0.003	−0.13	0.04	0.001
Intercept W10	3.87	0.03	<0.001	3.88	0.03	<0.001	3.73	0.06	<0.001	3.80	0.03	<0.001
Loneliness
Intercept W4	2.05a	0.03	<0.001	1.93a	0.04	<0.001	2.06	0.08	<0.001	2.24b	0.04	<0.001
Slope	0.01	0.04	0.792	0.16	0.05	<0.001	0.14	0.10	0.160	0.15	0.06	0.008
Intercept W10	2.06a	0.04	<0.001	2.09a	0.04	<0.001	2.20	0.08	<0.001	2.39b	0.05	<0.001
Depressive symptoms
Intercept W2	1.68	0.01	<0.001	1.65	0.01	<0.001	1.72	0.03	<0.001	1.68	0.02	<0.001
Slope	0.14	0.02	<0.001	0.16	0.02	<0.001	0.17	0.03	<0.001	0.16	0.02	<0.001
Intercept W10	1.82	0.02	<0.001	1.80	0.02	<0.001	1.89	0.03	<0.001	1.84	0.02	<0.001

The first intercept represents the initial level of the variable at the first wave when variable was assessed. The second intercept refers to the level at the last measurement point. Slope represents change across measurement occasions. Means with different subscripts within a row are significantly different from one another (p < 0.01)