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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychol. 2014 Sep 22;50(11):2437–2448. doi: 10.1037/a0037966

Appendix Table 3.

HLM Analyses Predicting Peer Acceptance as a Function of Delinquency Group using Behavioral Data from 6th – 12th Grade

Friendship Nominations
Received
(Indegree Centrality)
Attractiveness as a Friend
(Adjusted Indegree
Centrality)
Network Bridging
Potential
(Betweenness Centrality)a
Coeff SE Coeff SE Coeff SE
Fixed Effects: Primary Predictors
 Persistently Delinquent −0.05 0.08 0.02 0.11 −0.029 0.015*
 Per. Delinquent × Time −0.04 0.04 −0.09 0.09 0.010 0.008
 Abstainer −0.09 0.02*** −0.15 0.03*** −0.026 0.005***
 Abstainer × Time 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.002 0.003
Fixed Effects: Controls
 Spring 6th Grade 0.16 0.03*** 0.04 0.03 0.014 0.010
 Spring 7th Grade 0.23 0.04*** 0.06 0.03* 0.032 0.010***
 Spring 8th Grade 0.19 0.04*** 0.03 0.03 0.031 0.009***
 Spring 9th Grade 0.07 0.04 −0.01 0.04 0.027 0.011*
 Network Size (ln) −0.05 0.02* −0.11 0.02*** −0.133 0.012***
 Free or Reduced Lunch −0.09 0.01*** −0.12 0.03*** −0.019 0.004***
 Two-parent Family 0.05 0.02*** 0.04 0.02 0.007 0.006
 Delinquency 0.01 0.01 0.04 0.02* 0.000 0.004
 Male −0.17 0.03*** −0.17 0.04*** −0.029 0.006***
 Male × Later Waveb −0.07 0.03** −0.08 0.04* −0.004 0.009
 Hispanic −0.24 0.06*** −0.19 0.06** −0.008 0.006
 Black −0.09 0.08 −0.05 0.10 0.007 0.016
 Native American −0.48 0.18** −0.65 0.22** −0.048 0.025
 Asian −0.23 0.04*** −0.28 0.09** −0.002 0.014
 Other Race/Ethnicity −0.04 0.03 −0.05 0.04 −0.001 0.009
 Pennsylvania 0.05 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.016 0.011
 Intercept 1.26 0.04*** −0.16 0.03*** 0.139 0.010***
Variance Coefficients Var. 2 Var. χ 2 Var. χ 2
 Between School (L3) 0.004 79*** 0.000 10 0.000 152***
  Time (L3) 0.002 211*** 0.001 45* 0.000 104***
 Between Student (L2) 0.278 28436*** 0.638 18210*** 0.001 7757***
  Time (L2) 0.018 6127*** 0.065 5997*** 0.000 4486***
 Within (L1) 0.766 0.700 0.004

Note:

*

p < .05,

**

p < .01,

***

p < .001

a

Coefficients for betweeness centrality were multiplied by 10 for presentation purposes

b

Later wave = indicator for wave 3, 4, and 5