Table 3.
Differences across latent class growth analyses classes
| “High, increasing” | “High, decreasing” | “Low, increasing” | “Low, stable” | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 12 | N = 30 | N = 30 | N = 113 | |||
| Class 1 | Class 2 | Class 3 | Class 4 | |||
| 36 month child symptoms (t-scores) | ||||||
| CBCL internalizing | 54.42 (11.61) | 46.66 (10.51) | 47.57 (10.12) | 40.74 (7.49) | C2=C4<C1; C3<C1 | F = 17.49 (4, 171), p < .001 |
| CBCL externalizing | 58.75 (8.83) | 48.72 (9.04) | 50.57 (10.01) | 43.65 (9.71) | C2=C4<C1=C3 | F = 24.59 (4, 171), p < .001 |
| CBCL total problems | 60.83 (10.02) | 48.69 (9.51) | 50.70 (9.47) | 41.33 (7.98) | C2=C4<C1=C3 | F = 36.16 (4, 171), p < .001 |
| 12 month maternal symptoms (adjusted t-scores) | ||||||
| Maternal BSI depression | 50.45 (9.22) | 53.19 (9.37) | 52.36 (8.87) | 47.39 (7.51) | C4<C2=C3 | F = 4.95 (3, 153), p = .003 |
| Maternal BSI anxiety | 48.27 (9.95) | 47.11 (10.85) | 46.96 (1.77) | 43.80 (8.03) | ― | F = 1.99 (3, 153), p = .118 |
| Maternal BSI global severity | 55.09 (10.53) | 53.93 (9.36) | 53.16 (9.04) | 44.72 (9.90) | C4<C1=C2=C3 | F = 11.13 (3, 153), p < .001 |
| 30 month inter-parental conflict | ||||||
| Intimate partner violence | 0.45 (1.27) | 0.05 (0.13) | 0.09 (0.28) | 0.06 (0.23) | C2=C4<C1 | F = 3.21 (3, 134), p = .025 |
| Verbal aggression | 3.44 (3.03) | 2.36 (1.83) | 2.14 (2.12) | 2.13 (1.87) | ― | F = 1.53 (3, 134), p = .210 |
| 12 month maternal parenting behavior | ||||||
| Maternal sensitivity | 2.67 (0.71) | 2.99 (0.75) | 3.04 (0.63) | 3.21 (0.78) | ― | F = 1.19 (3, 148), p = .103 |
| Maternal harsh-intrusiveness | 2.72 (0.82) | 2.75 (0.87) | 2.95 (0.97) | 2.40 (0.79) | C4<C3 | F = 2.37 (3, 148), p = .019 |
CBCL, Child Behavior Checklist; BSI, Brief Symptom Inventory; m, month; C, class.