Table 3.

Multilevel growth model parameters for internalizing problems

	Unconditional growth model		Conditional effect of preadoptive risk		Conditional effect of parental warmth		Conditional effect of Preadoptive Risk × Parental Warmth
Initial status	Coeff.	95% CI	Coeff.	95% CI	Coeff.	95% CI	Coeff.	95% CI
Intercept	–1.02***	[–1.46, –0.58]	–0.99**	[–1.59, –0.39]	–0.61*	[–1.22, –0.002]	–0.55	[–1.16, 0.07]
Preadoptive risk			0.63*	[0.15, 1.11]	0.51*	[0.04, 0.99]	0.48+	[–0.04, 1.00]
Child gender (female)			0.00	[–0.34, 0.34]	–0.10	[–0.40, 0.21]	–0.11	[–0.42, 0.20]
Adoptive parent SES			0.02	[–0.15, 0.19]	0.06	[–0.09, 0.21]	0.06	[–0.09, 0.21]
Adoptive parental warmth					–0.64***	[–0.97, –0.31]	–0.64***	[–0.97, –0.31]
Preadoptive Risk × Adoptive Parental Warmth							0.07	[–0.25, 0.41]
Rate of change	Coeff.	95% CI	Coeff.	95% CI	Coeff.	95% CI	Coeff.	95% CI
Age	0.40***	[0.19, 0.61]	0.57***	[0.26, 0.88]	0.54***	[0.24, 0.84]	0.51**	[0.21, 0.81]
Age2	–0.03*	[–0.05, –0.01]	–0.08**	[–0.13, –0.03]	–0.07**	[–0.12, –0.02]	–0.07**	[–0.11, 0.02]
Age × Preadoptive Risk			–0.25*	[–0.48, –0.02]	–0.23*	[–0.45, –0.01]	–0.22+	[–0.45, 0.001]
Age2 × Preadoptive Risk			0.04*	[0.01, 0.08]	0.04*	[0.01, 0.07]	0.04*	[0.004, 0.07]
Variance	Coeff.	95% CI	Coeff.	95% CI	Coeff.	95% CI	Coeff.	95% CI
Lev.1 – Within children	0.38	[0.29, 0.51]	0.35	[0.26, 0.46]	0.36	[0.27, 0.47]	0.36	[0.28, 0.48]
Lev.2 – Intercept	0.25	[0.10, 0.62]	0.20	[0.07, 0.62]	0.14	[0.04, 0.56]	0.16	[0.05, 0.53]
Lev.2 – Rate of change	0.01	[0.003, 0.04]	0.01	[0.004, 0.04]	0.01	[0.002, 0.03]	0.01	[0.002, 0.03]
Lev.2 – Covariance	NA		NA		NA
	Wald χ2 (df)	p χ2	Wald χ2 (df)	p χ2	Wald χ2 (df)	p χ2	Wald χ2 (df)	p χ2
	17.80 (2)	.0001	34.67 (7)	<.0001	53.94 (8)	<.0001	51.93 (9)	<.0001

Note: SES, socioeconomic status. ⁺p < .10. *p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.