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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 2.
Published in final edited form as: Child Maltreat. 2007 Aug;12(3):233–245. doi: 10.1177/1077559507301841

TABLE 3. Significant Two-Way Interactions From ANCOVAs.

Abused Not Abused


Variable Adjusted M SD Adjusted M SD F
Court record of violent offenses 6.54*
 European American 0.02 0.15 0.01 0.12 0.00
 African American 0.38 0.50 0.19 0.40 0.87
Court record of nonviolent offenses 18.50***
 European American 0.07 0.26 0.07 0.25 0.01
 African American 0.63 0.50 0.22 0.42 7.24**
Court record of any offenses 8.28**
 European American 0.14 0.35 0.10 0.31 0.03
 African American 0.63 0.50 0.26 0.44 3.97*
Self-reported arrests 5.41*
 European American 0.15 0.36 0.10 0.30 0.02
 African American 0.44 0.53 0.09 0.29 6.13*
Court record or self-report of arrest 8.65**
 European American 0.21 0.42 0.18 0.38 0.02
 African American 0.69 0.48 0.30 0.46 5.31*
Graduated from high school 9.53*
 European American 0.75 0.44 0.88 0.32 1.24
 African American 0.20 0.42 0.77 0.43 8.77**
Teen parent 3.85*
 European American 0.12 0.33 0.08 0.28 0.11
 African American 0.58 0.52 0.24 0.43 2.37
Pregnant or impregnated someone in past year 12.24**
 European American 0.06 0.24 0.05 0.21 0.10
 African American 0.50 0.53 0.17 0.38 9.30**
Fired in past year 6.37*
 Females 0.30 0.47 0.06 0.25 17.23***
 Males 0.23 0.43 0.07 0.26 0.16
Teen parent 9.37**
 Females 0.48 0.51 0.16 0.37 4.26*
 Males 0.04 0.20 0.05 0.22 0.10

NOTE: Not abused n = 505 (203 European American females, 43 African American females, 223 European American males, 36 African American males); abused n= 69 (24 European American females, 7 African American females, 27 European American males, 11 African American males), Rates of missing data vary depending on the outcome and year of assessment. Adjusted means control for socioeconomic status, single-parent status, family stress, maternal social support, child exposure to violence, child temperament, and child health.

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.

***

p < .001.