Table 3.

Ordinal multivariate regression analysis of offense-related characteristics and personality traits for the level of violence involved.

	β	S E	Wald	p	[95% CI]
Age	0.008	0.024	0.105	.746	[−0.039,0.055]
Victim (non-stranger)	2.448	0.645	14.415	<.001*	[1.184,3.712]
Victim (underage)	0.792	0.596	1.768	.184	[−0.375,1.959]
Intoxicated state	0.430	0.696	0.382	.537	[−0.935,1.795]
Psychopathy total	0.003	0.032	0.007	.933	[−0.060,0.065]
Primary	0.006	0.054	0.011	.916	[−0.101,0.112]
Secondary	0.061	0.029	4.300	.038*	[0.003,0.118]
DDS Machiavellianism	0.164	0.102	2.613	.106	[−0.035,0.364]
DDS Narcissism	0.145	0.062	5.505	.019*	[0.024,0.266]
EQ	0.047	0.024	3.994	.046*	[0.001,0.094]
BIS–11	−0.007	0.020	0.129	.720	[−0.047,0.032]

Note: Results from ordinal regression, model summary; χ²(138.197) = 41.185, p<.001, Nagelkerke pseudo R² of .505.DDS = Dirty Dozen Scale; EQ = Empathy Quotient; BIS–11 = Barratt Impulsiveness Scale; CI = confidence interval.

*p < .05 (bold values).