. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 29.

Published in final edited form as: Youth Violence Juv Justice. 2004 Jan 1;2(3):273. doi: 10.1177/1541204004265878

TABLE 5.

Cross-Ethnic/Race Comparisons of Slopes and Intercepts for SRO Construct Validity Relations Among Adolescent Males

				Hispanic vs. White		African American vs. White
Predicted Measure	Hispanic Slope/Intercept	African American Slope/Intercept	White Slope/Intercept	χ² Slope Difference	χ² Intercept Difference	χ² Slope Difference	χ² Intercept Difference
Arrests	0.41^*/6.88^*	0.43^*/5.52^*	0.48^*/6.00^*	0.87	2.04	0.39	3.66
Age first arrest	−.85^*/20.65^*	−.61^*/15.66^*	−.92^*/21.00^*	0.08	4.28^*	2.71	7.78^**
Secure placements	0.41^*/7.96^*	0.93^*/6.08^*	0.53^*/7.18^*	1.34	1.68	9.30^***	1.82
Prior petitions	0.68^*/6.53^*	0.71^*/5.08^*	0.79^*/5.72^*	0.47	1.28	0.00	8.30^**
Gang membership	4.80^*/6.87^*	4.41^*/6.72^*	5.12^*/7.19^*	0.11	0.87	0.50	2.44
Moral disengagement	5.57^***/−.48	4.72^***/−.18	5.28^***/−.37	0.06	0.83	0.26	3.42
Impulsivity	3.89^*/−8.88^*	2.54^*/−7.34^*	4.06^*/−8.12^*	1.15	10.21^*	10.35^**	76.78^***
Certainty of punishment	−.57^*/11.86^*	−.61^*/10.18^*	−.83^*/12.90^*	0.90	2.64	2.73	15.18^**
Personal rewards of crime	0.97^*/6.08^*	0.68^*/6.13^*	0.84^*/5.70^*	0.63	3.43	1.14	0.00
Peer delinquent behavior	3.30^***/0.53	2.91^***/0.58	4.15^***/−.97	5.07^*	1.72	11.72^***	14.29^***
Antisocial influence	2.99^*/2.35^*	2.45^*/3.13^*	3.52^*/1.99^*	1.22	0.27	5.40^*	4.00^*
Social support	−.09/9.30^***	−.10/7.97^***	−.17/8.99^***	0.09	4.06^*	0.08	1.53
Parental monitoring	−2.62^*/15.62^*	−2.26^*/12.86^*	−2.82^*/15.64^*	0.13	1.98	1.22	11.98^***

NOTE: SRO = self-reports of offending.

p < .05.

^**

p < .01.

^***

p < .001.