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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Interpers Violence. 2012 Jan 24;27(12):2322–2347. doi: 10.1177/0886260511433510

Table 2.

Results from Research Question 3: Mediation of Association between Child Maltreatment & Any Violent Conviction across Gender

Main Effect Analyses
Mediation Analyses
Model Predictor Coeff. SE z (P>|Z|) Coeff. SE z (P>|Z|)
Males
(n=722)
Race −.219 .198 −1.11 0.268 −.202 .201 −1.01 0.313
Parent substance abuse .309 .286 1.08 0.281 .318 .292 1.09 0.275
Risk index .035 .032 1.08 0.281 .118 .034 0.35 0.730
CPC preschool −.142 .115 −1.24 0.217 −.053 .119 −0.44 0.659
Kindergarten word analysis .003 .004 0.78 0.436 .009 .004 2.00 0.045
Child maltreatment, ages 0–11 .509 .176 2.89 0.004 .209 .167 1.11 0.266
Environmental instability, grades 4–8 .211 .047 4.50 0.000
Troublemaking behavior, grades 3–6 .152 .083 1.83 0.067
Acting out, grades 6–7 -- -- -- --
Shy-anxious behavior, grades 6–7 -- -- -- --
Peer social skills, grades 6–7 −.031 .015 −2.04 0.042
Log likelihood −345.432 −326.041
Pseudo R2 1.93% 7.44%
% Reduction of main effect -- 63.66%

Females
(n=729)
Race .036 .437 0.08 0.935 .093 .466 0.20 0.841
Parent substance abuse .304 .423 0.72 0.472 .256 .429 0.60 0.551
Risk index .055 .061 0.89 0.371 .030 .064 0.466 0.646
CPC preschool −.228 .205 −1.11 0.265 −.193 .214 −0.91 0.365
Kindergarten word analysis .008 .008 1.00 0.315 .008 .008 0.95 0.341
Child maltreatment, ages 0–11 .650 .245 2.65 0.008 .648 .266 2.44 0.015
Environmental instability, grades 4–8 .005 .092 0.06 0.956
Troublemaking behavior, grades 3–6 -- -- -- --
Acting out behavior, grades 6–7 .048 .017 2.81 0.005
Shy-anxious behavior, grades 6–7 −.053 .037 −1.42 0.157
Peer social skills, grades 6–7 -- -- -- --
Log likelihood −92.731 −88.823
Pseudo R2 6.03% 9.99%
% Reduction of main effect -- 9.66%