(A) Peer acceptance predicted academic achievement at low
(b = .28, p < .001) verbal
competence levels. (B) Peer acceptance predicted academic skills at low
(b = .24, p < .001) and average
(b = .10, p < .10) verbal
competence levels. (C) Peer acceptance predicted school engagement at low
(b = .38, p < .001) and average
(b = .21, p < .05) verbal
competence levels. Peer acceptance did not significantly predict any of the
outcomes at high levels of verbal competence (dashed lines).