Table II.

Social Skills as Predictors of Growth in Medical Responsibility Among Youth with Spina Bifida

	Observed social skills composite		Observed prosocial skills		Observed positive affect		Parent-reported social skills		Teacher-reported social skills
	Estimate (SE)	CI	Estimate (SE)	CI	Estimate (SE)	CI	Estimate (SE)	CI	Estimate (SE)	CI
Growth models without covariates
Intercept	0.262** (0.087)	0.090–0.434	0.290*** (0.071)	0.151–0.429	0.094 (0.084)	−0.073 to 0.260	0.372*** (0.108)	0.159–0.585	0.181* (0.090)	0.002–0.360
Slope	0.021 (0.016)	−0.011–0.053	0.016 (0.014)	−0.011 to 0.043	0.019 (0.015)	−0.011 to 0.050	−0.012 (0.021)	−0.054 to 0.031	0.017 (0.016)	−0.015 to 0.049
Growth models with IQ, lesion level, and sex included as covariates
Intercept	0.100 (0.084)	−0.067 to 0.267	0.135 (0.072)	−0.009 to 0.279	0.018 (0.076)	−0.132 to 0.168	0.261* (0.100)	0.063–0.458	−0.001 (0.080)	−0.159 to 0.158
Slope	0.020 (0.016)	−0.012 to 0.051	0.014 (0.014)	−0.013 to 0.041	0.018 (0.015)	−0.011 to 0.048	−0.021 (0.021)	−0.063 to 0.022	0.008 (0.016)	−0.024 to 0.040

Note. Table results present coefficients from growth models. The slope rows indicate the change in slope across age for each 1-unit change in social skills. IQ = intelligence quotient. CI = confidence interval.

^* p < .05,

^** p ≤ .01, and

^*** p ≤ .001.