Table 3.
Model with standardized regression coefficients indicating associations between mental health and life satisfaction at age 17, 19, and 21 for full sample, for females and for males
| Model 1 | Model 2 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full sample | Females | Males | |||||||
| ß | S.E. | P-Value | ß | S.E. | P-Value | ß | S.E. | P-Value | |
| Cross-lagged effects | |||||||||
| Overall LS 17 → MH problems 19 | − 0.042 | 0.049 | 0.394 | − 0.046 | 0.071 | 0.516 | − 0.051 | 0.066 | 0.445 |
| MH problems 17 → Overall LS 19 | − 0.034 | 0.049 | 0.498 | 0.016 | 0.064 | 0.807 | − 0.064 | 0.080 | 0.420 |
| Overall LS 19 → MH problems 21 | − 0.134** | 0.050 | 0.008 | − 0.156* | 0.071 | 0.028 | − 0.108 | 0.060 | 0.072 |
| MH problems 19 → Overall LS 21 | − 0.176*** | 0.050 | 0.000 | − 0.133 | 0.069 | 0.055 | − 0.224** | 0.075 | 0.003 |
| Lagged effects | |||||||||
| Overall LS 17 → Overall LS 19 | 0.264*** | 0.064 | 0.000 | 0.252** | 0.078 | 0.001 | 0.292** | 0.105 | 0.005 |
| Overall LS 19 → Overall LS 21 | 0.308*** | 0.057 | 0.000 | 0.339*** | 0.084 | 0.000 | 0.271*** | 0.070 | 0.000 |
| MH problems 17 → MH Problems 19 | 0.337*** | 0.051 | 0.000 | 0.215** | 0.070 | 0.002 | 0.445*** | 0.075 | 0.000 |
| MH problems 19 → MH Problems 21 | 0.390*** | 0.047 | 0.000 | 0.334*** | 0.062 | 0.000 | 0.422*** | 0.079 | 0.000 |
| Within-wave correlations | r | S.E. | P-value | r | S.E. | P-value | r | S.E. | P-value |
| LS1- MH1 | − 0.454*** | 0.041 | 0.000 | − 0.458*** | 0.046 | 0.000 | − 0.456*** | 0.070 | 0.000 |
| LS2-MH2 | − 0.426*** | 0.042 | 0.000 | − 0.462*** | 0.053 | 0.000 | − 0.361*** | 0.059 | 0.000 |
| LS3-MH3 | − 0.472*** | 0.040 | 0.000 | − 0.563*** | 0.046 | 0.000 | − 0.347*** | 0.067 | 0.000 |
Standardized coefficients and confidence intervals. Two-tailed p-values reported
*** p ≤ .001
** p ≤ .01
* p < .05