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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Aust N Z J Criminol. 2009 Dec 1;42(3):289–309. doi: 10.1375/acri.42.3.289

Table 4.

Results of multivariate logistic regression analyses predicting violent behaviour at 1-year follow-up from independent variables measured at first assessment (n = 3,818)

Model 1 Full model with interactions Model 2 Full model without interactions


OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Demographic characteristics
 State 0.47 (0.13 – 1.66) 0.79 (0.62 – 1.02)
 Female 0.51 (0.39 – 0.66)*** 0.50 (0.39 – 0.65)***
 Low income household 1.09 (0.78 – 1.52) 1.08 (0.78 – 1.51)
 Workless household 1.27 (0.86 – 1.87) 1.28 (0.87 – 1.89)
 Sole parent 1.25 (0.92 – 1.71) 1.23 (0.90 – 1.68)
Individual risk factors
 Violent behaviour 4.86 (3.44 – 6.87)*** 4.83 (3.43 – 6.82)***
 Impulsivity 1.19 (0.96 – 1.48) 1.21 (0.97 – 1.49)
 Binge drinking 1.07 (0.75 – 1.52) 1.09 (0.77 – 1.54)
Individual protective factors
 Emotion control 0.68 (0.55 – 0.85)** 0.68 (0.55 – 0.85)**
Family risk factors
 Family conflict 1.20 (1.01 – 1.43)* 1.20 (1.01 – 1.43)*
Family protective factors
 Attachment to mother 0.80 (0.63 – 1.02) 0.93 (0.78 -1.11)
Peer risk factor
 Association with violent peers 1.20 (1.03 – 1.40)* 1.20 (1.02 – 1.40)*
School risk factors
 School grades 1.10 (0.91 – 1.33) 1.11 (0.91 – 1.34)
 Low commitment to school 1.15 (0.89 – 1.47) 1.15 (0.90 – 1.48)
School protective factors
 Opportunities for prosocial 1.18 (0.84 – 1.66) 1.17 (0.83 – 1.66)
 Recognition for prosocial 0.97 (0.76 – 1.24) 0.96 (0.75 – 1.24)
Community risk factors
 Community disorganisation 1.30 (1.03 – 1.63)* 1.29 (1.03 – 1.61)*
 Norms favourable to drug use 1.44 (1.10 – 1.89)** 1.29 (1.08 – 1.54)**
 Enforcement favourable to drug use 1.08 (0.91 – 1.27) 1.08 (0.92 – 1.28)
Community protective factor
 Opportunities for prosocial 0.97 (0.75 – 1.24) 0.97 (0.76 – 1.25)
 Recognition for prosocial 1.07 (0.88 – 1.30) 1.07 (0.88 – 1.31)
Social responses
 School suspension 1.66 (1.18 – 2.33)** 1.66 (1.19 - 2.33)**
 Arrest 1.80 (1.05 – 3.09)* 1.81 (1.05 – 3.13)*
Interactions
 State-by-attachment to mother 1.35 (0.98 – 1.86) ------------------
 State-by-community norms favour to drug use 0.81 (0.57 – 1.14) ------------------
*

p < .05;

**

p < .01;

***

p < .001.