Table 3.

Results of the Hierarchical Linear Regression Predicting Antisocial Behavior in Grade 8

Variable	Step 1: Core model only				Step 2: Including the significant buffering effect
	B	SE B	β	t	B	SE B	β	t
Core model
Constant	0.04	0.02	–	2.08a	0.04	0.02	–	2.01a
Problem behavior	0.47	0.05	0.29	9.69c	0.44	0.05	0.27	9.04c
Gender	−0.06	0.03	−0.06	−2.31a	−0.06	0.03	−0.06	−2.38a
Academic achievement	−0.08	0.03	−0.09	−3.05b	−0.07	0.03	−0.08	−2.64b
School engagement	0.00	0.03	0.00	0.03	0.00	0.03	0.00	−0.13
Peer rejection	0.47	0.20	0.07	2.36a	0.61	0.20	0.09	3.03b
Peer acceptance	1.69	0.27	0.18	6.29c	1.54	0.27	0.16	5.66c
Best friends’ problem behavior	0.06	0.06	0.03	1.15	0.09	0.06	0.04	1.49
Best friends’ academic achievement	−0.09	0.03	−0.08	−2.66b	−0.09	0.03	−0.08	−2.72b
Parental monitoring knowledge	−0.13	0.03	−0.16	−5.28c	−0.17	0.03	−0.21	−6.16c
Peer Acceptance × Peer Rejection	7.30	3.47	0.06	2.11a	9.27	3.61	0.08	2.57b
Moderators
Parental Monitoring × Peer Rejection	–	–	–	–	−1.51	0.32	−0.21	−4.69c
Parental Monitoring × Peer Acceptance	–	–	–	–	−0.86	0.44	−0.06	−1.93
Peer Acceptance × Peer Rejection × Parental Monitoring	–	–	–	–	−28.82	5.89	−0.22	−4.90c

All predictors were measured in Grade 6. For Step 1, R² =0.23, adjusted R² =0.23, ΔR² =0.23, F(10, 1,267)=38.07, p<0.001. For Step 2, R² =0.25, adjusted R² =0.24, ΔR² =0.02, F(3, 1,264)=9.06, p<0.001. Gender is coded 0 for males and 1 for females.

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