. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 22.

Published in final edited form as: Int J Behav Dev. 2007 May 1;31(3):274–283. doi: 10.1177/0165025407076440

Table 2. Regressions predicting depressive symptoms in grade 8, controlling for prior depressive symptoms and concurrent aggression: Italian sample.

Predictors and test statistics	Teacher	Mother	Peer	Self
Step 1
Prior depressive symptoms	.37^***	.48^***	.52^***	.35^***
Concurrent aggression	.30^***	.17	−.07	.42^***
F	36.74^***	24.27^***	56.50^***	90.73^***
R²	.25^***	.33^***	.29^***	.39^***
Step 2
Prior depressive symptoms	.35^***	.50^***	.41^***	.33^***
Concurrent aggression	.28^***	.16	−.20^***	.41^***
Social preference	−.07	.17^*	−.31^***	−.09
F	24.90^***	18.25^***	52.20^***	62.00^***
R²	.00	.03^*	.07^***	.01
Total R²	.25	.36	.36	.40

Note. Numbers are standardized betas and test statistics from the regressions.

p < .05;

^**

p < .01;

^***

p < .001.