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

Table 9 Prospective hierarchical regressions, predicting SDQ psychological difficulties at T2 from direct and indirect victimization at T1 ^a

Variables	R ² ∆	B	SE B	Δ	F-step
Predicting SDQ Emotional Symptoms at T2 from Direct and Indirect Victimization at T1
Step 1	.39				281.5***
Gender		−0.94	0.12	−.22***
T1 Emotional Symptoms		0.53	0.03	.52***
Step 2	.02				11.2***
Gender		−0.90	0.12	−.21***
T1 Emotional Symptoms		0.48	0.03	.47***
T1 Victim of Direct Aggression		−0.38	0.58	−.03
T1 Victim of Indirect Aggression		1.90	0.48	.15***
Predicting SDQ Conduct Problems at T2 from Direct and Indirect Victimization at T1
Step 1	.25				150.6***
Gender		0.20	0.10	.06
T1 Conduct Problems		0.52	0.03	.50***
Step 2	.01				6.2**
Gender		0.15	0.16	.04
T1 Conduct Problems		0.48	0.03	.46***
T1 Victim of Direct Aggression		0.28	0.51	.02
T1 Victim of Indirect Aggression		0.94	0.43	.09*

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

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