Table 6.
Hierarchical Regressions Predicting Peer-Reported Delinquent Behavior from Adolescent Attachment Organization after Accounting for Related Covariates
| Delinquent Behaviors (Peer Report) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Total | |||
| Predictors | β | R2 | ΔR2 |
| I: | |||
| Gender (1 = M, 2 = F) | −.18+ | … | … |
| Race (1 = European American, 2 = African American) | .03 | … | … |
| Family income | −.16 | … | … |
| … | .063 | .063 | |
| II: | |||
| Perceived self-worth (teen report) | −.07 | … | … |
| Maternal control (maternal report) | −.14 | … | … |
| Relationship with mother (teen report) | −.12 | … | … |
| … | .116+ | .053 | |
| III: Security | −.26* | .162* | .046* |
| IV: Preoccupation | .28* | .216** | .046* |
| V: | |||
| Security × control | −.24** | … | … |
| Preoccupation × income | −.24* | … | … |
| Preoccupation × gender | −.30** | … | … |
| … | .369*** | .153*** | |
Note: β weights are those taken from entry of variables into models. N = 98.
+
p < .10;
*
p < .05;
**
p ≤ .01;
***
p < .001.