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Table 2.

Age at onset of any criminality and of violent criminality, as well as number of prior violent criminal acts in the three groups of low, medium, and high character maturity.

	LCM	MCM	HCM	F	p-Value	η²	Post hoc test
Age at onset of criminality
Any criminality, mean (SD)	12.47 (3.47)	13.11 (3.62)	15.14 (4.84)	5.723	≤0.01	0.07	LCM < HCM^**
Any criminality, mean (SD)	n = 43	n = 53	n = 50	5.723	≤0.01	0.07	LCM < HCM^**
Violent criminality, mean (SD)	16.21 (3.43)	15.83 (3.34)	18.04 (3.65)	5.74	≤0.01	0.08	LCM < HCM^*
Violent criminality, mean (SD)	n = 42	n = 53	n = 50	5.74	≤0.01	0.08	MCM < HCM^**
Persistence in criminality
Number of convictions, mean (SD)	5.93 (5.28)	4.87 (3.65)	2.55 (2.99)	8.87	≤0.001	0.11	LCM > HCM^**
Number of convictions, mean (SD)	n = 42	n = 52	n = 51	8.87	≤0.001	0.11	MCM > HCM^*

LCM, low character maturity; MCM, medium character maturity; HCM, high character maturity.

*p ≤ 0.05.

**p ≤ 0.001.