Long-Term Effects of Balance Training on Habitual Physical Activity in Older Adults with Parkinson’s Disease by Håkan Nero, Erika Franzén, Agneta Ståhle, Martin Benka Wallén, Maria Hagströmer

“…Physical activity data were collected using accelerometers at baseline, after intervention and after 6 and 12 months. A multilevel model was utilized to investigate the postintervention and long-term (6 and 12 months) effects on total physical activity, amount and bouts of brisk walking (i.e., moderate intensity physical activity), and sedentary behavior. …”
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of InsightApp for Anxiety, Valued Action, and Psychological Resilience: Longitudinal Randomized Controlled Trial by Victoria Amo, Falk Lieder

“…Moreover, we used a multilevel model to analyze the longitudinal data, focusing on the within-participant causal effects of the intervention on emotional and behavioral reactivity to daily stressors. …”
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Effects of physical multimorbidity on cognitive decline trajectories among adults aged 50 years and older with different wealth status: a 17-year population-based cohort study by Chen Chen, Shan Zhang, Ning Huang, Mingyu Zhang, JinXin Fu, Jing Guo

“…A latent class analysis was used to identify patterns of physical multimorbidity, and mixed multilevel models were performed to determine the association between physical multimorbidity and trajectories of cognitive decline. …”
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Discrete variable 3D models in Computer extended Descriptive Geometry (CeDG): Building of polygonal sheet-metal elbows and comparison against CAD by Manuel Prado-Velasco, Laura García-Ruesgas

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To what extent do the prevalence of sickness presence and reasons for sickness presence vary between school classes in upper secondary schools? A cross-sectional survey in Trøndela... by Vegard Johansen

“…Some students reported positive reasons for SP, such as maintaining social connections (32%). Multilevel modelling indicated that the class-level effect on the prevalence of SP incidents and positive attendance reasons accounted for 5% of the variance. …”
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Relationship between green space near schools with physical activity and body mass index in portuguese adolescents by Juliana Melo, Ana Isabel Ribeiro, Andreia Isabel Pizarro, Maria Paula Santos

“…Multilevel models with adjustment for socioeconomic deprivation showed a direct relationship between BMI and NDVI [B = 83.41; 95%CI: 30.84, 135.98] at 500 meters and a direct relationship between BMI and NDVI [B = 61.68; 95%CI: 3.07, 120.29] at 1000 meters. …”
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Prevalence of Dental Caries in 5- and 6-Year-Old Myanmar Children by Yoshiaki Nomura, Khin Maung, Eint Min Kay Khine, Khin Myo Sint, May Phyo Lin, Min Khaing Win Myint, Thu Aung, Kaoru Sogabe, Ryoko Otsuka, Ayako Okada, Erika Kakuta, Wit Yee Wint, Masahide Uraguchi, Ryo Hasegawa, Nobuhiro Hanada

“…By applying item response theory and multilevel modeling, tooth level analysis can be implemented to confirm the tendency for sensitivity or tolerance for dental caries by the tooth level.…”
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Experiences at recovery community centers predict holistic recovery outcomes: a daily diary assessment of RCC helpfulness, meaningfulness, and recovery identity by Hannah B. Apsley, Joseph Lancaster, Wen Ren, Timothy Brick, H. H. Cleveland

“…Ultimately, participants visited their RCC on 247/799 (30.9%) of all reported study days. Multilevel models were used to assess the hypotheses.ResultsParticipants generally reported that their RCC visits were very helpful (M = 87.13 [scale of 0–100], SD = 13.26). …”
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Continuous overnight monitoring of body temperature during embryo transfer cycles as a proxy for establishing progesterone fluctuations by comparison with P4 blood progesterone res... by T.G. Knowles, J.A. García-Velasco, M. Toribio, N. Garrido, A.I. Barrio Pedraza, C. Colomé Rakosnik, A. Salazar Vera, R. Milnes

“…MlwiN Version 3.10. Centre for Multilevel Modelling. University of Bristol; 2024.] software were conducted. …”
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CEO’s entrepreneurial orientation and employees’ innovative behaviour: the roles of environmental turbulence and felt responsibility by Xiaokai Li, Lijing Zhao, Shenyang Hai

“…A sample of 45 CEOs and 488 employees from Chinese firms participated in the study. Multilevel modelling results indicated that CEO EO positively correlates with employees’ FRCC. …”
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Deepening the Relationship Between the Need for Epistemic Certainty and People’s Compliance with Social Power: The Moderating Role of Work Unit Tightness by Daniela Di Santo, Alessio Tesi, Antonio Aiello, Antonio Pierro

“…We obtained employee scores on the NCC scale, willingness to comply with harsh social power tactics, and ratings of their perceived work unit tightness. Multilevel modeling was applied to test cross-level interaction. …”
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Self-Rated Health Trajectories among Married Americans: Do Disparities Persist over 20 Years? by Terceira A. Berdahl, Julia McQuillan

“…The purpose of this study is to understand self-rated health (SRH) trajectories by social location (race/ethnicity by gender by social class) among married individuals in the United States. We estimate multilevel models of SRH using six observations from 1980 to 2000 from a nationally representative panel of married individuals initially aged 25–55 (Marital Instability Over the Life Course Study). …”
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Correlating crystallographic texture with anisotropic properties and sheet metal forming of aluminium alloys by Olaf Engler

“…The resulting multilevel modelling framework is evaluated against earing simulations which constitute a demanding proof-of-principle for consideration of the anisotropic materials response during FEM forming simulations.…”
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Faith, Networks, and the Ballot: Unveiling the Hidden Drivers of Voting Intentions in Indonesia's 2024 Election by Tery Setiawan, Muhammad AS Hikam, Antonius Suhartomo

“…A quantitative survey method was employed, gathering primary data through both online and offline surveys from 314 participants across selected locations in Indonesia. Multilevel modelling techniques were used to analyse the relationship between social network characteristics, religious identity, and voting intentions. …”
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No Consistent Evidence for Between- and Within-Person Associations Between Objective Social Media Screen Time and Body Image Dissatisfaction: Insights From a Daily Diary Study by Adalia Y. H. Goh, Andree Hartanto, K. T. A. Sandeeshwara Kasturiratna, Nadyanna M. Majeed

“…Addressing these gaps, our study employed a daily diary method to objectively measure social media screen time across six major platforms ( Twitter , Reddit , TikTok , YouTube , Instagram , and Facebook ), alongside daily body image dissatisfaction among 252 young adults ( M age  = 21.67 years, 67.77% female) over 7 days. Through multilevel modeling, our analysis revealed no significant within- or between-person associations between social media screen time and body image dissatisfaction, a finding consistent across all platforms. …”
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Racial/Ethnic inequality & contemporary disparities in mortgage lending. by Meghan M O'Neil, Vincent J Roscigno

“…Our analyses, which make use of multilevel modeling, reveal durable inequalities for African Americans and Hispanics across time and advantages for Non-Hispanic White and Asian-American applicants. …”
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Comparing habit-behaviour relationships for organised versus leisure time physical activity by Newman, Katerina, Forestier, Cyril, Cheval, Boris, Zenko, Zachary, de Chanaleilles, Margaux, Gardner, Benjamin, Rebar, Amanda L.

“…Means comparisons and multilevel modelling revealed that people had significantly stronger habit for organised sport than for leisure time physical activity. …”
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Social Inequalities in Adolescents’ Psychological and Somatic Complaints: Cross-National Trends Between 2002 and 2022 and the Role of Societal Changes by Mathilde E. Brons, Paola Berchialla, Marco Helbich, Maxim Dierckens, Michela Lenzi, Joanna C. Inchley, Gonneke W. J. M. Stevens

“…We tested (1) whether the association between family socioeconomic status and psychological and somatic complaints changed between 2002 and 2022, (2) the extent to which these trends varied across countries, and (3) whether changes in income inequality, schoolwork pressure, and internet activity within countries were related to these trends.MethodsUsing data from 903,344 adolescents across 32 countries from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study between 2002 and 2022, we employed multilevel models to investigate the research questions.ResultsWe observed a nonlinear increase in psychological and somatic complaints over time. …”
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Differential between-therapist effects in more versus less standardized therapies for depression by Anuj H. P. Mehta, Michael J. Constantino, Jack J. M. Dekker, Alice E. Coyne, Averi N. Gaines, Henricus L. Van, Jaap Peen, Frank J. Don, Ellen Driessen

“…Patients were 254 adults who received 16 sessions of CBT or PDT from 59 therapists nested within the condition. As predicted, multilevel models revealed significant therapist effects (explaining 3–8% of variance) on patient depression and general distress outcomes. …”
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Characteristics of vocal cues, facial action units, and emotions that distinguish high from low self-protection participants engaged in self-protective response to self-criticizing by Viktória Vráblová, Júlia Halamová

“…The subsequent analysis was performed using iMotions software (for action units and emotions) and Praat software (for vocal cues of pitch and intensity). We used multilevel models in program R for the statistical analysis.ResultsCompared to low self-protective participants, high self-protective participants exhibited more contempt and fear and less surprise and joy. …”
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