Table 2.

Correlations Between Child Characteristics/School Context and Child Aggressive-Disruptive Behavior in the Fall and Spring of First Grade

			Spring
	Fall			Partial Correlations
Predictor Variable	Simple Correlations	Partial Correlations	Simple Correlations	School	Home and School
Home aggression	.35**	—	.34**	.14**	—
Attention problems	.29**	.20**	.32**	.14**	.12**
Aggressive problem solving	.09	.05	.08	.02	.02
Hostile attributions	.12*	.12*	.19**	.09	.11
School poverty	.16**	.13**	.20**	.12**	.13**
Classroom climate	.25**	.23**	.26**	.10*	.10*

Note. In the partial correlations for the fall of Grade 1, the contribution of home aggression was controlled. In the partial correlations for the spring of Grade 1, rates of aggressive-disruptive behavior in the fall of first grade were controlled in the first set of partial correlations; rates of aggressive-disruptive behavior at home (in kindergarten) and at school (fall of first grade) were controlled in the second set of partial correlations.

^*p < .01.

^**p < .001.