Table 8.

Prospective hierarchical regressions, predicting SDQ psychological difficulties at T2 from direct and indirect aggression at T1 ^a

Variables		R 2 Δ	B	SE B	ß	F-step
Predicting SDQ Emotional Symptoms at T2 from Direct and Indirect Aggression at T1
Step 1		.39				281.5***
Gender			−0.95	0.12	−.22***
T1 Emotional Symptoms			0.53	0.03	.52***
Step 2		.00				1.2
Gender			−0.88	0.13	−.21***
T1 Emotional Symptoms			0.53	0.03	.52***
T1 Direct Aggression			−0.78	0.63	−.04
T1 Indirect Aggression			0.89	0.60	.05
Predicting SDQ Conduct Problems at T2 from Direct and Indirect Aggression at T1
Step 1		.25				151.3***
Gender			0.20	0.10	.06
T1 Conduct Problems			0.52	0.03	.50***
Step 2		.02				13.8***
Gender			0.13	0.10	.04
T1 Conduct Problems			0.43	0.04	.41***
T1 Direct Aggression			2.15	0.59	.15***
T1 Indirect Aggression			0.56	0.52	.04
Step 3		.01				4.5*
Gender			0.05	0.14	.02
T1 Conduct Problems			0.43	0.03	.41***
T1 Direct Aggression			−2.88	1.79	−.20
T1 Indirect Aggression			3.69	1.58	.26*
T1 Direct Aggression × Gender			3.29	1.10	.40**
T1 Indirect Aggression × Gender			−2.16	1.04	−.25*

*p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001.

^aResults from Step 3 are only reported where significant effects were found.