Direct and indirect aggression and victimization in adolescents - associations with the development of psychological difficulties

Table 10 Prospective hierarchical regressions, predicting direct and indirect aggression and victimization at T2 from SDQ psychological difficulties at T1 ^a

Variables	R ² Δ	B	SE B	ß	F-step
Predicting Direct Aggression at T2 from SDQ subscales at T1
Step 1	.30				188.4***
Gender		0.02	0.01	.09**
Direct Aggression		0.60	0.03	.52***
Step 2	.02				14.0***
Gender		0.02	0.01	.08*
T1 Direct Aggression		0.51	0.04	.44***
T1 Emotional Symptoms		−0.00	0.00	−.04
T1 Conduct Problems		0.01	0.01	.17***
Predicting Indirect Aggression at T2 from SDQ subscales at T1
Step 1	.31				195.3***
Gender		−0.01	0.01	−.05
Indirect Aggression		0.65	0.03	.55***
Step 2	.01				6.2**
Gender		−0.02	0.01	−.06*
T1 Indirect Aggression		0.58	0.03	.51***
T1 Emotional Symptoms		−0.00	0.00	−.01
T1 Conduct Problems		0.01	0.00	.11***
Predicting Direct Victimization at T2 from SDQ subscales at T1
Step 1	.29				179.7***
Gender		0.01	0.01	.02
Victim of Direct Aggression		0.56	0.03	.54***
Step 2	.02				6.7***
Gender		0.01	0.01	.04
T1 Victim of Direct Aggression		0.50	0.03	.48***
T1 Emotional Symptoms		0.01	0.00	.07*
T1 Conduct Problems		0.01	0.00	.08**
Predicting Indirect Victimization at T2 from SDQ subscales at T1
Step 1	.36				249.6***
Gender		−0.03	0.01	−.08**
Victim of Indirect Aggression		0.61	0.03	.58***
Step 2	.02				8.9***
Gender		−0.02	0.01	−.07*
T1 Victim of Indirect Aggression		0.54	0.03	.52***
T1 Emotional Symptoms		0.01	0.00	.08**
T1 Conduct Problems		0.01	0.00	.08**

*p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001.
^aNo results from Step 3 are reported because no significant effects were found.

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