. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 9.

Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychol. 2011 Jul;47(4):1167–1172. doi: 10.1037/a0023274

Table 2.

Hierarchical Multiple Regression Results Examining Peer Influence Susceptibility as a Moderator of Best Friend’s Deviant Socialization Over 18 Months

Variable	ΔR²	Final b		Final β
Variable	ΔR²	M	SE	Final β
Step 1	.35^**
Time 1 deviant behavior		0.83	0.56	.42
Step 2: Main effects	.06
Best friend Time 1 deviant behavior		0.14	0.43	.08
Peer influence susceptibility		0.62	0.46	.33
Experimental condition		0.18	0.37	0.8
Step 3: Two-way interactions	.07
Best Friend’s Time 1 Deviant Behavior × Peer Influence Susceptibility		1.10	0.46	.44^**
Best Friend’s Time 1 Deviant Behavior × Experimental Condition		0.22	0.68	.07
Experimental Condition × Peer Influence Susceptibility		0.17	0.71	.06
Step 4: Three-way interaction	.08^*	2.00	0.96	.51^*

Note. Dependent variable × Time 2 deviant behavior.

p < .05.

^**

p < .01.