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Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychopathol. 2023 Jan 26;36(2):636–647. doi: 10.1017/S0954579422001468

Table 4.

Structural equation models predicting paths from childhood neglect and physical abuse to arrests for violence after 2000, through adult attachment anxiety

Adult Attachment Anxiety Model	β (SE)	95% CI
Direct paths
Childhood neglect → Attachment anxiety	0.14 (0.04)^***	0.07, 0.22
Childhood neglect → Violent arrest after 2000	0.09 (0.06)	−0.02, 0.20
Childhood physical abuse → Attachment anxiety	0.11 (0.04)^**	0.04, 0.18
Childhood physical abuse → Violent arrest after 2000	0.09 (0.05)	−0.002, 0.18
Attachment anxiety → Violent arrest after 2000	0.15 (0.06)^**	0.04, 0.26
Indirect paths
Childhood neglect → Attachment anxiety → Violent arrest after 2000	0.02 (0.01)^*	0.002, 0.04
Childhood physical abuse → Attachment anxiety → Violent arrest after 2000	0.02 (0.01)^*	<0.001, 0.03
R²/model fit
R² for attachment anxiety	0.03^*
R² for violent arrest after 2000	0.21^***
CFI/TLI	0.89/0.83
RMSEA	0.05

Note. β, standardized regression coefficient indicating change in z-score per unit change in independent variables; SE = standard error; CI = confidence interval; CFI = comparative fit index; TLI = Tucker–Lewis index; RMSEA = root mean square error of approximation. All analyses controlled for age, sex, and race.

p < .05

^**

p < .01

^***

p < .001.