Table 3. Binomial Logistic Regression Analyses for Case Disposition Decision.
| Variables | df | χ2 | Nagelkerke R2 |
OR | 95% CI | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vignette A | 5, 131 | 18.89 | .21 | .002** | ||
| Case-specific factors | ||||||
| Severity of inflicted injury for Vignette A |
2.98 | [1.36, 6.51] |
.006** |
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| Professional characteristics | ||||||
| Race | 0.24 | [0.08, 0.72] | .011* | |||
| Education | 1.56 | [0.60, 4.08] | .366 | |||
| Acceptability of corporal punishment |
0.57 | [0.43, 2.34] | .999 | |||
| Acceptability of coercive discipline |
1.96 | [0.26, 1.28] | .701 | |||
| Vignette B | 5, 133 | 19.01 | 0.26 | .002** | ||
| Case-specific factors | ||||||
| Severity of inflicted injury for Vignette B |
3.47 | [1.29, 9.36] |
.014* |
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| Professional characteristics | ||||||
| Race | 0.14 | [0.04, 0.55] | .005** | |||
| Education | 3.58 | [1.05, 12.12] | .040* | |||
| Acceptability of corporal punishment |
1.33 | [0.42, 4.20] | .627 | |||
| Acceptability of coercive discipline |
0.65 | [0.23, 1.78] | .400 | |||
| Vignette C | 5, 132 | 29.49 | 0.30 | .000*** | ||
| Case-specific factors | ||||||
| Severity of inflicted injury for Vignette C |
4.01 | [1.88, 8.56] |
.000*** |
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| Professional characteristics | ||||||
| Race | 0.65 | [0.19, 2.21] | .489 | |||
| Education | 1.88 | [0.75, 4.70] | .180 | |||
| Acceptability of corporal punishment |
0.37 | [0.15, 0.90] | .029* | |||
| Acceptability of coercive discipline |
1.16 | [0.55, 2.47] | .698 | |||
| Vignette F | 5, 128 | 22.70 | 0.29 | .000*** | ||
| Case-specific factors | ||||||
| Severity of inflicted injury for Vignette F |
4.33 | [1.86, 10.10] |
.001** |
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| Professional characteristics | ||||||
| Race | 0.20 | [0.05, 0.84] | .024* | |||
| Education | 1.96 | [0.64, 6.01] | .241 | |||
| Acceptability of corporal punishment |
0.50 | [0.19, 1.33] | .167 | |||
| Acceptability of coercive discipline |
0.81 | [0.33, 2.00] | .648 | |||
| Vignette G | 5, 131 | 26.67 | .27 | .000*** | ||
| Case-specific factors | ||||||
| Severity of inflicted injury for Vignette G |
5.03 | [2.41, 10.49] | .000*** | |||
| Professional characteristics | ||||||
| Race | 0.67 | [0.20, 2.26] | .522 | |||
| Education | 1.01 | [0.40, 2.56] | .989 | |||
| Acceptability of corporal punishment |
1.13 | [0.50, 2.61] | .762 | |||
| Acceptability of coercive discipline |
0.78 | [0.39, 1.55] | .478 | |||
Note: OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; Nagelkerke R2 = effect size; Professional’s race: White = 0, Other race= 1; Professional’s education level: Bachelor’s = 0, Master’s degree or higher = 1; Corporal discipline = professionals’ beliefs about the acceptability of corporal discipline; Coercive discipline = professionals’ beliefs about the acceptability of coercive discipline.
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