Table 1.

Correlations between Time 1 and Time 2 puberty and delinquency variables

	T1 Pubertal timing			T1 Delinquency			T2 Pubertal timing			T2 Delinquency
	TBG (n=447)	TPH (n=447)	PDS (n=452)	Status offences (n=443)	Person offences (n=443)	Property offences (n=443)	TBG (n=391)	TPH (n=391)	PDS (n=391)	Status offences (n=391)	Person offences (n=391)	Property offences (n=391)
T1 Pubertal timing
TBG	1.00
TPH	.63**	1.00
PDS	.35**	.34**	1.00
T1 Delinquency
Status offences	.16**	.15**	.15**	1.00
Person offences	.07	.09	.12*	.76**	1.00
Property offences	.06	.05	.10*	.75**	.81**	1.00
T2 Pubertal timing
TBG	.44**	.39**	.30**	.12*	.07	.05	1.00
TPH	.39**	.43**	.30**	.10	.06	.01	.68**	1.00
PDS	.29**	.32**	.40**	.12*	.02	.03	.45**	.46**	1.00
T2 Delinquency
Status offences	.12*	.16**	.07	.41**	.32**	.23**	.24**	.19**	.24**	1.00
Person offences	.11*	.11*	.09	.43**	.46**	.30**	.16**	.13*	.18**	.58**	1.00
Property offences	.04	.03	.03	.37**	.38**	.27**	.13*	.07	.12*	.63**	.74**	1.00
Maltreatment	.05	.04	.00	.14**	.09	.08	.03	−.01	−.03	.09	.07	.07
Gender	.00	.00	.00	−.08	−.14**	−.08	.00	.00	.00	−.09	−.14**	−.08

Note: TBG= Tanner breast/genital stages; TPH=Tanner pubic hair stages; PDS=Pubertal Development Scale; all have been standardized within age and gender to obtain indices of pubertal timing; maltreatment =1, comparison =0; male=0, female =1;

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