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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 8.
Published in final edited form as: J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2009 Oct;37(7):945–956. doi: 10.1007/s10802-009-9321-5

Table 2. Summary of Hierarchical Regression Analysis for Variables Predicting Reactive Aggression.

Variable B (SE)B t-value
Model 1:
Step 1
Proactive Aggression 3.18 .81 3.93**
Proactive Aggression2 −1.03 .36 −2.84**
Full Scale IQ −.00 .00 −1.14
Step 2
Hostile Encoding .23 .24 1.74
Hostile Att. Bias .39 .21 1.81+
Planning Ability .10 .06 1.60
Step 3 (Individually)
Hostile Encoding × Planning Ability .36 .38 .95
Hostile Att. Bias × Planning Ability .69 .32 2.18*
Model 2:
Step 1
Proactive Aggression 3.18 .81 3.93**
Proactive Aggression2 −1.03 .36 −2.84**
Full Scale IQ −.00 .00 −1.14
Step 2
Hostile Encoding .27 .21 1.27
Hostile Att. Bias .36 .20 1.79+
Response Inhibition .15 .05 2.93**
Step 3 (Individually)
Hostile Encoding × Response Inhibition .80 .40 1.99*
Hostile Att. Bias × Response Inhibition .17 .34 .48
Model 3:
Step 1
Proactive Aggression 3.03 .81 3.74**
Proactive Aggression2 −.97 .36 −2.68**
Full Scale IQ −.00 .00 −1.39
Step 2
Hostile Encoding .38 .22 1.72+
Hostile Att. Bias .34 .21 1.60
Set Switching −.00 .07 −.04
Step 3 (Individually)
 Hostile Encoding × Set Switching −.10 .44 −.22
 Hostile Att. Bias × Set Switching .55 .49 1.12

Note.

+

p < .10,

*

p < .05,

**

p < .01.

Proactive Aggression2 = the quadratic term for proactive aggression. Although interaction analyses are simultaneously depicted in step 3 of each model, each interaction analysis was conducted individually at step 3.