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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Res Pers. 2010 Feb 1;44(1):91–102. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2009.12.005

Table 4.

Correlations of self-report variables to behavioral and other reports

Sample 2 Sample 3 Sample 4
Teacher Report Jail Records Mother Report

Verbal Agg Phys Agg Jail Infractions Phys Agga
Shame −.05 −.18* −.04 −.14*
Shame Residual .04 −.09 −.04 −.02
Guilt −.21** −.22** −.01 −.19**
Guilt Residual −.21** −.18* .00 −.13*
Ext of Blame .18* .09 .02 .06
Empathic Concern −.09 −.12 −.03 −.16*
Perspective Taking −.11 −.11 .10* --
Verbal Aggression .02 −.10 .08 --
Physical Aggressionb .27** .26** .14* .26**
.28**
.31**
*

p<.05,

**

p<.01

a

Mother’s report of aggression was transformed using a square root transformation

b

There were 3 separate measures of self-report of physical aggression for Sample 4 (Buss & Perry’s Physical Aggression Scale, The Projective Scale, YCBC)