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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Youth Adolesc. 2009 Aug 6;39(3):315–325. doi: 10.1007/s10964-009-9439-3

Table 2. Poisson Regression Results: Predicting Delinquency over Time with Parental Suicidality (n=2,491).

Time 1 Time 2 Time 3



Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
Baseline Measures b (se) b (se) b (se) b (se) b (se) b (se) b (se) b (se) b (se)










Male 0.43(0.07)*** 0.43(0.07)*** 0.23(0.07)*** 0.36(0.09)*** 0.36(0.09)*** 0.21(0.09)*** 0.39(0.09)*** 0.38(0.09)*** 0.22(0.10)*
Site (Bronx=1) 0.14(0.07)* 0.30(0.09)*** 0.26(0.10)***
Welfare -0.02(0.07) -0.05(0.09) -0.07(0.09)
Age (t1) 0.01(0.01) 0.01(0.01) 0.01(0.01)
Age (t2) 0.01(0.02) 0.01(0.02) 0.01(0.02)
Age (t3) 0.09(0.02)*** 0.09(0.02)*** 0.08(0.02)***
Sensation-Seeking 0.10(0.01)*** 0.08(0.02)*** 0.10(0.02)***
Peer Relations -0.05(0.03)* -0.07(0.04)* -0.05(0.04)
Peer Delinquency 0.31(0.09)*** 0.02(0.12) 0.01(0.14)
Parent-Child Interaction -0.39(0.17)* -0.21(0.21) -0.13(0.23)
Coercive Discipline 0.29(0.05)*** 0.21(0.07)*** 0.17(0.07)*
Cultural Stress 0.15(0.22) -0.31(0.30) -0.20(0.29)
School Environment 0.05(0.01)*** 0.02(0.01)+ 0.01(0.01)
Exposure to Violence (natural log) 0.33(0.03)*** 0.22(0.04)*** 0.21(0.05)***
Parental Suicidality 0.21(0.13)+ 0.21(0.14)+ 0.23(0.14)* 0.31(0.16)* 0.31(0.16)* 0.32(0.16)* 0.32(0.17)* 0.31(0.17)* 0.33(0.17)*
Parental Alcohol Abuse 0.11(0.13) 0.01(0.12) 0.17(0.15) 0.07(0.15) -0.08(0.17) -0.17(0.17)
Parental Drug Abuse 0.08(0.12) 0.17(0.13) 0.12(0.14) 0.17(0.14) 0.11(0.15) 0.16(0.15)
Parental Depression 0.04(0.08) 0.02(0.08) 0.07(0.09) 0.03(0.09) 0.10(0.10) 0.06(0.10)
Model Diagnostics
 Log Likelihood -1799.51 -1798.25 -1591.02 -1404.57 -1402.48 -1334.88 -1269.30 -1268.38 -1209.10
 Likelihood-Ratio Chi-Square 39.79*** 42.31*** 453.45*** 21.28*** 25.46*** 152.97*** 42.50*** 44.33*** 148.96***
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p<.10

*

p<.05

**

p<.01

***

p<.001 (one-tailed)