Table 2. Factors associated with trajectories of physical aggression among Hispanic youth: Unadjusted models and Adjusted for physical aggression.
Non- aggressive | Low, stable | Escalators | Early-Rapid desistors | High aggression / Moderate desistors | |||||
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Variables | |||||||||
Relative risk | |||||||||
UN | AD | UN | AD | UN | AD | UN | AD | ||
Age | – | 1.31 | 1.29 | 0.94 | 0.82 | 1.34 | 1.18 | 1.56 | 1.23 |
Male | – | 0.96 | 0.92 | 1.87* | 1.51 | 1.59 | 1.29 | 2.06* | 1.44 |
Natural parent household | – | 1.33 | 1.32 | 1.05 | 1.05 | 0.97 | 0.98 | 0.89 | 0.97 |
Spanish at home | – | 0.64* | 0.63** | 0.39** | 0.37*** | 0.59+ | 0.56+ | 0.35** | 0.33** |
Unsupervised timea | – | 1.06 | 1.06 | 1.16+ | 1.11 | 1.18 | 1.13 | 1.21* | 1.11 |
Parental involvementb | – | 1.00 | 1.01 | 0.96 | 0.98 | 0.98 | 1.00 | 0.94* | 0.97 |
Adult drink alcoholc | – | 1.10 | 1.07 | 1.41** | 1.24+ | 1.49*** | 1.31*** | 1.87*** | 1.53*** |
Sad/depressedd | – | 1.50*** | 1.44** | 1.91* | 1.50 | 2.28*** | 1.81*** | 2.68*** | 1.83** |
Peer Alcohol Usee | – | 1.66 | 1.49 | 2.23* | 1.47 | 2.47* | 1.66 | 3.43** | 1.91+ |
Alcohol-related attitudesf | – | 1.13 | 1.01 | 1.25* | 1.18+ | 1.25** | 1.17* | 1.30** | 1.19* |
Physical threatg | – | 1.50+ | 1.20 | 3.36*** | 1.28 | 4.74*** | 2.31** | 8.20*** | 2.46** |
p<.10,
p<.05,
p<.01,
p<.001;
UN = Unadjusted, AD = Adjusted for baseline physical aggression;
Range: 0–4; a higher score indicates a higher number of hours without adult supervision;
Range: 10–51; a higher score indicates higher parental involvement;
Range: 1–5; a higher score indicates a higher number of adults drink alcohol in their neighborhood;
Range: 1–3; a higher score indicates higher number of times felt sad or depressed;
Range: 0–4; a higher score indicates a higher number of peer alcohol users;
Range: 5–25; a higher score indicates greater risk (e.g. lower negative expectations);
Range: 0–2; a higher score indicates greater risk (e.g. higher frequency of physical threat).