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. 2009 Dec 3;38(3):339–351. doi: 10.1007/s10802-009-9368-3

Table 3.

MNLM Effects of Cumulative Risk and Promotive Scales at T1 on Being a Non-, Minor, or Serious Delinquent at T2: Marginal Effects (and S.E.), N = 2,085

Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
Non delinquents Minor delinquents Serious delinquents Non delinquents Minor delinquents Serious delinquents Non delinquents Minor delinquents Serious delinquents
Intercept 21.7 70.5 7.8 21.4 71.0 7.6 19.6 73.8 6.4
Controls
 Gender (1= male) −7.3 (1.9)** 0.6 (2.1) 6.7 (1.2)** −6.4 (1.9)** 0.3 (2.1) 6.1 (1.2)** −2.3 (1.9) −0.4 (2.0) 2.7 (1.1)*
 SES high 3.3 (2.3) −1.5 (2.5) −1.8 (1.4) 3.2 (2.3) −1.7 (2.5) −1.4 (1.4) 3.7 (2.3) −2.1 (2.4) −1.6 (1.2)
 SES low −2.1 (2.3) −2.3 (2.5) 4.4 (1.6)** −2.8 (2.3) −1.6 (2.5) 4.4 (1.5)** −2.7 (2.2) −0.4 (2.4) 3.1 (1.4)
Cumulative risk
 Temperament −2.1 (1.4) −0.6 (1.4) 2.7 (0.7)** −0.8 (1.4) −1.3 (1.4) 2.2 (0.7)** −0.4 (1.4) −1.3 (1.4) 1.6 (0.6)*
 Family −5.0 (1.4)** 4.2 (1.4)** 0.8 (0.7) −3.3 (1.5)* 2.9 (1.5) 0.4 (0.8) −2.0 (1.4) 2.4 (1.5) −0.4 (0.7)
 School −2.8 (1.6) 0.6 (1.7) 2.2 (0.8)** −2.3 (1.6) 0.6 (1.7) 1.7 (0.8)* −0.7 (1.6) 0.5 (1.7) 0.2 (0.8)
Cumulative promotive
 Temperament 5.2 (1.3)** −3.1 (1.5)* −2.1 (0.9)* 4.2 (1.2)** −2.7 (1.4) −1.6 (0.8)*
 Family 3.1 (0.9)** −2.1 (1.1)* −1.0 (0.7) 1.9 (0.9)* −1.2 (1.0) −0.7 (0.6)
 School −2.4 (2.3) 4.0 (2.6) −1.6 (1.7) −2.2 (2.2) 3.8 (2.5) −1.6 (1.4)
Delinquency T1
 Non-delinquent 22.3 (2.4)** −16.8 (2.6)** −5.5 (1.1)**
 Serious delinquent −13.6 (2.8)** −6.2 (4.0) 19.8 (3.4)**
Pseudo R 2 8.9% 11.5% 23.1%
∆χ2 (df) ∆χ2(16) = 61.56** ∆χ2(16) = 47.34** ∆χ2(4) = 227.98**

The reference categories for previous delinquency is the group of minor delinquents and for SES the group of middle SES

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001 (two-tailed)