Reciprocal relationships between self-esteem, coping styles and anxiety symptoms among adolescents: between-person and within-person effects

Table 3 Standardized parameter estimation in the random intercept cross-lagged panel model (RI-CLPM) for self-esteem (SE), coping styles (CS), and anxiety symptoms (AS)

Paths	β	SE	95% CI	p-value
Path between random intercepts^a (between-person effects)
SE WITH CS	0.605	0.040	0.526, 0.684	< 0.001
SE WITH AS	− 0.583	0.044	− 0.668, − 0.497	< 0.001
CS WITH AS	− 0.456	0.051	− 0.556, − 0.355	< 0.001

	Time 1 → Time 2				Time 2 → Time 3
	β	SE	95% CI	p-value	β	SE	95% CI	p-value
Autoregressive paths^b (within-person effects)
SE → SE	0.223	0.040	0.144, 0.302	< 0.001	0.239	0.046	0.148, 0.329	< 0.001
CS → CS	0.146	0.041	0.066, 0.225	< 0.001	0.152	0.044	0.065, 0.238	0.001
AS → AS	0.217	0.052	0.115, 0.320	< 0.001	0.232	0.064	0.108, 0.357	< 0.001
Cross-lagged paths^b (within-person effects)
SE → CS	0.073	0.036	0.002, 0.144	0.044	0.082	0.041	0.002, 0.162	0.045
CS → SE	0.075	0.031	0.015, 0.135	0.014	0.074	0.031	0.014, 0.134	0.015
SE → AS	− 0.098	0.037	− 0.170, − 0.027	0.007	− 0.111	0.040	− 0.189, − 0.033	0.005
AS → SE	− 0.125	0.035	− 0.194, − 0.057	< 0.001	− 0.127	0.036	− 0.197, − 0.058	< 0.001
AS → CS	− 0.082	0.035	− 0.151, − 0.012	0.021	− 0.087	0.039	− 0.163, − 0.012	0.023
CS → AS	− 0.022	0.032	− 0.085, 0.041	0.501	− 0.023	0.034	− 0.089, 0.044	0.503

Significant paths (p < 0.05) are indicated in bold
^aThe values represent the correlation coefficients
^bThe autoregressive and cross-lagged paths were time-invariant. The values represent the standardized regression coefficients

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