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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatr Serv. 2016 Feb 29;67(7):771–778. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201500259

TABLE 3.

Hierarchical linear regression of predictors of community violence in the six months after baseline among 2,579 participants with mental illnesses

Model step B SE t p
Step 1. patient characteristicsa
Age −.01 .00 −6.30 <.001
Male (reference: female) −.06 .02 −2.67 .008
Race-ethnicity (reference: white)
 Black .07 .02 2.76 .006
 Hispanic .06 .05 1.14 .255
 Other −.02 .08 −.20 .843
Primary diagnosis (reference: schizophrenia)
 Bipolar disorder .10 .05 2.26 .024
 Major depression .26 .04 7.20 <.001
 Substance use disorder .36 .05 8.03 <.001
 Other .21 .12 1.69 .092
Step 2. substance useb
 Alcohol use .04 .02 3.02 .003
 Drug use .04 .02 2.42 .016
Step 3. clinical functioningc
 Psychiatric symptoms
  Affect .03 .01 2.17 .030
  Positive symptoms .05 .02 3.20 <.001
  Negative symptoms .00 .02 −.21 .832
  Disorganized cognitive processing −.01 .02 −.59 .479
 Recent hospitalization (reference: no) .01 .03 .17 .868
Step 4. recent violence (in 6 months prior to baseline) (reference: no)d .26 .02 16.42 <.001
Step 5. recent victimization (in 6 months prior to baseline) (reference: no)e .05 .02 3.00 .003
a

F=31.26, df=10 and 2532, p<.001; adjusted R2=.106

b

F=28.21, df=12 and 2530, p<.001; adjusted R2=.114; ΔF=11.62, df=2 and 2530, p<.001; Δadjusted R2=.008

c

F=23.16, df=17 and 2525, p<.001; adjusted R2=.119; ΔF=3.97, df=5 and 2525, p<.001; Δadjusted R2=.005

d

F=38.65, df=18 and 2524, p<.001; adjusted R2=.204; ΔF=269.74, df=1 and 2524, p<.001; Δadjusted R2=.085

e

F=37.16, df=19 and 2523, p<.001; adjusted R2=.206; ΔF=9.01, df=1 and 2523, p=.003; Δadjusted R2=.002