Group and individual stability of three parenting dimensions

Table 1 True and observed stability indicators across 9 months (T1-T2) and internal consistency for current parenting, personality traits and emotional symptoms

	T1 alpha	T1 r^M	T1 CFI	T1-T2 r^SEM(s.e.)	T1-T2 r	T1-T2 M\|Δ\|z	T1-T2 .P\|Δ\|>1z	T1-T2 P\|Δ\|<0.5z
Current parenting (Parental Bonding Instrument -PBI-PCh)
Warmth	.77	.33	.98	.82 (.14)	.67	0.59	20%	62%
Protectiveness	.69	.31	.97	.69 (.14)	.58	0.69	24%	55%
Authoritarianism	.51	.21	.98	.62 (.14)	.49	0.77	29%	29%
Personality traits (NEO-PI short version)
Neuroticism	.91	.27	.94	.87 (.12)	.86	0.39	6%	72%
Extraversion	.63	.11	.56	.85 (.18)	.69	0.63	20%	43%
Agreeableness	.86	.20	.82	.91 (.14)	.82	0.47	9%	64%
Conscientiousness	.72	.12	.61	.92 (.26)	.76	0.52	13%	57%
Openness	.82	.21	.84	.91 (.12)	.81	0.47	9%	60%
Emotional symptoms (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scales -ADS)
Anxiety	.80	.38	.97	.81 (.09)	.72	0.55	15%	53%
Depression	.72	.27	.97	.74 (.13)	.65	0.60	22%	62%

r= stability correlations T1-T2, alpha = Cronbach's internal consistency alpha, r ^M= average inter-item correlation, CFI = Comparative Fit Index, r^SEM= true stability estimates in Structural Equation Modelling (SEM), s.e. = standard error of the r^SEMestimate, M|Δ|z = mean absolute change, P |Δ|>1z = rate of absolute change > 1.0z, P |Δ|<0.5z = rate of absolute change < 0.5z.

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