Table 5 Means and standard deviations of adjustment-related variables across measurement waves, after accounting for the imprecision of class membership and controlling for gender, stratified by classes of shy trajectory.

From: Shyness in Chinese preschool children: a latent class growth model

 

CLASS

M

SE

Between-group variance

Wald X2

C1

C2

C3

Prosocial behavior

C1

−0.07

0.13

0

  

0.41

C2

0.01

0.12

−0.10

0

 

C3

−0.09

0.15

−0.07

0.03

0

Asocial behavior

C1

0.58

0.20

0

  

14.53***

C2

−0.23

0.10

0.82***

0

 

C3

−0.05

0.08

0.63*

−0.20

0

Peer exclusion

C1

0.19

0.18

0

  

5.31+

C2

−0.18

0.09

0.37+

0

 

C3

0.04

0.09

0.14

−0.23

0

Interpersonal kills

C1

−0.35

0.15

0

  

10.59**

C2

0.19

0.10

−0.56**

0

 

C3

0.001

0.09

−0.33

0.22

0

Emotional symptom

C1

0.65

0.17

0

  

52.34***

C2

−0.53

0.08

1.16***

0

 

C3

0.10

0.08

0.55*

−0.61***

0

Peer problems

C1

0.71

0.19

0

  

38.71***

C2

−0.46

0.09

1.17***

0

  

C3

0.04

0.08

0.67**

−0.50***

0

 
  1. C1 high-increasing (N = 59); C2 low-stable (N = 106); C3 medium-stable (N = 196).
  2. +p < 0.10; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.