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
Mother’s report of aggression was transformed using a square root transformation
There were 3 separate measures of self-report of physical aggression for Sample 4 (Buss & Perry’s Physical Aggression Scale, The Projective Scale, YCBC)