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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Apr 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2006 Apr 29;34(3):409–423. doi: 10.1007/s10802-006-9021-3

Table III.

Nested Models for Boys’ and Girls’ Aggression Trajectories with Alcohol Group as a Predictor

χ2 df p CFI RMSEA χ2 Δ df Δ p
Boys
 Model 1 65.53 17 .00 .79 .16
 Model 2 53.15 11 .00 .82 .18 12.38 6 ns
 Model 3 10.17 7 .18 .99 .06 42.98 4 <.001
 Model 4 9.36 7 .28 .99 .05 43.79 4 <.001
Girls
 Model 1 100.10 17 .00 .68 .21
 Model 2 78.79 11 .00 .74 .24 21.31 6 <.01
 Model 3 9.05 7/ .25 .99 .05 69.74 4 <.001
 Model 4 8.06 7 .33 1.0 .04 70.73 4 <.001

Note. Model 1: random intercept only; Model 2: random intercept and random linear slope; Model 3: linear model (fixed quadratic slope and random linear slope); Model 4: quadratic model (fixed linear slope and random quadratic slope). Change in Model 4 χ2 is relative to Model 2.