Table 7.
Comparison of “emerging” and “desisting” subgroups on markers of personal and contextual risk for self- and other-directed aggressive behavior
| Self-directed aggression | Other-directed aggression | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Risk marker | Result | t | p | d | Result | t | p | d |
| Physical abuse | D > E | 3.22 | .002 | .614 | -- | .05 | .964 | .011 |
| Sexual abuse | -- | 1.19 | .236 | .227 | -- | .92 | .361 | .197 |
| Emotional abuse | D > E | 3.23 | .002 | .616 | -- | 1.22 | .225 | .262 |
| Neglect | -- | 1.29 | .201 | .246 | -- | 1.38 | .171 | .296 |
| Age of any aggression onset | D < E | 2.60 | .011 | .523 | -- | .97 | .337 | .208 |
| Prior hospitalizations | D > E | 3.89 | .000 | .742 | -- | .87 | .384 | .187 |
| Prior residential treatment placements | D > E | 2.44 | .016 | .465 | -- | .87 | .389 | .187 |
| Prior foster care placements | -- | .17 | .866 | .032 | -- | .16 | .867 | .034 |
| Prior juvenile detention placements | -- | .59 | .557 | .113 | -- | .31 | .756 | .066 |
| Intake GAF | -- | .61 | .545 | .116 | -- | 1.35 | .180 | .293 |
| DSMD-Internalizing | D > E | 2.69 | .008 | .552 | D > E | 2.92 | .005 | .693 |
| DSMD-Externalizing | D > E | 2.88 | .005 | .591 | D > E | 2.93 | .005 | .695 |
| DSMD-Critical pathology | D > E | 2.54 | .004 | .521 | D > E | 2.08 | .041 | .494 |
Note. GAF = Global Assessment of Functioning; DSMD = Devereaux Scales of Mental Disorders; E = emerging (no aggression pre-treatment, any during treatment), D = desisting (any aggression pre-treatment, none during).