difference tests confirm statistically significant incremental fit from Model 1 up to Model 5, whereas Model 6 shows no statistically enhanced fit. In the current cascade analysis within-time covariation could not be controlled at Wave 1 due to the common variance stemming from maltreatment status as an exogenous variable. However, as shown in Figure 2, cross-lagged effects as well as intercorrelations between residual variances of constructs assessed within waves were freed and evaluated order to debias within-time correlation effects (Cole & Maxwell, 2003; Preacher & Hays, 2008).
