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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Assess. 2012 Jan 16;24(3):685–700. doi: 10.1037/a0026668

Table 9.

Logistic Regression Analyses Testing the Incremental Validity of START Assessments over PCL:SV Total Scores

Any Aggression Verbal Aggression Physical – Objects Physical – Others
Step 1 Model fit χ2(1) = 21.72*** Model fit χ2(1) = 19.13*** Model fit χ2(1) = 3.69 Model fit χ2(1) = 15.67***

β Wald Odds
Ratio
β Wald Odds
Ratio
β Wald Odds
Ratio
β Wald Odds
Ratio

   PCL:SV Total Score 0.24*** 16.42 1.27 0.22*** 14.94 1.25 0.12 3.50 1.13 0.23*** 12.55 1.26

Step 2 Model fit χ2(3) = 36.74***
Δχ2(2) = 15.02***
Model fit χ2(3) = 34.62***
Δχ2(2) = 15.41***
Model fit χ2(3) = 18.44***
Δχ2(2) = 14.75***
Model fit χ2(3) = 29.14***
Δχ2(2) = 13.48***

β Wald Odds
Ratio
β Wald Odds
Ratio
β Wald Odds
Ratio
β Wald Odds
Ratio

   PCL:SV Total Score 0.13 3.71 1.14 0.11 2.79 1.11 0.03 0.10 0.97 0.15* 3.94 1.16
   Strength Total Score 0.01 0.07 1.01 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.05 0.45 1.05 0.14* 4.33 1.15
   Vulnerability Total Score 0.11* 3.91 1.12 0.12* 4.70 1.13 0.12 3.06 1.13 0.00 0.00 1.00

Step 3 Model fit χ2(4) = 44.40***
Δχ2(1) = 7.65**
Model fit χ2(4) = 50.52***
Δχ2(1) = 5.90*
Model fit χ2(4) = 31.68***
Δχ2(1) = 13.23***
Model fit χ2(4) = 21.72***
Δχ2(1) = 14.83***

β Wald Odds
Ratio
β Wald Odds
Ratio
β Wald Odds
Ratio
β Wald Odds
Ratio

   PCL:SV Total Score 0.07 0.89 1.07 0.06 0.60 1.06 0.15 2.24 0.86 0.04 0.22 1.04
   Strength Total Score 0.02 0.15 1.02 0.01 0.02 1.01 0.03 0.14 1.03 0.14 3.62 1.15
   Vulnerability Total Score 0.05 0.71 1.05 0.07 1.38 1.07 0.05 0.42 1.05 0.08 1.23 0.93
   Violence Risk Estimate 1.06** 7.06 2.89 0.91* 5.57 2.49 2.08** 9.77 7.98 1.85*** 11.53 6.38

Note.Strength total scores are reverse coded such that lower scores indicate greater strength.

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.

***

p < .001.