Table 6.
Parameter estimates from multiple-indicator multiple-cause (MIMIC) model for which covariate effects are present
| Reference Parameter | Baseline | Covariate Effect |
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| Age | Age2 | Male | Male × Age | Male × Age2 | ||
| Non-Violent Factor | ||||||
| Mean | 0.00a | −0.08 (.02) | −0.03 (.01) | 0.37 (.05) | 0.08 (.02) | – |
| Violent Factor | ||||||
| Mean | 0.00a | −0.09 (.03) | −0.04 (.01) | 0.67 (.07) | 0.06 (.03) | 0.03 (.01) |
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| DS2. Property Damage | ||||||
| Intercept | −3.34 (.18) | −0.10 (.04) | – | 0.45 (.14) | – | – |
| DS3. Lie Parents | ||||||
| Intercept | 0.62 (.08) | 0.33 (.04) | −0.05 (.02) | −0.81 (.09) | −0.25 (.05) | – |
| DS8. Car w/o Permission | ||||||
| Intercept | −3.03 (.13) | 0.11 (.04) | −0.06 (.02) | – | – | – |
| DS15. Rowdy in Public | ||||||
| Intercept | −0.00 (.07) | – | – | −0.46 (.10) | – | – |
| FV1. Saw Shoot/Stab | ||||||
| Intercept | −3.29 (.21) | 0.17 (.05) | 0.00 (.03) | −0.90 (.13) | – | – |
| FV2. Pulled Weapon on You | ||||||
| Intercept | −4.13 (.21) | 0.31 (.04) | 0.01 (.02) | – | – | – |
| FV3. Shot You | ||||||
| Intercept | −6.46 (.38) | 0.09 (.08) | 0.14 (.04) | – | – | – |
| DS6. Hurt Other Badly | ||||||
| Intercept | −3.41 (.16) | −0.09 (.05) | – | 0.24 (.12) | 0.10 (.06) | – |
| DS14. Group Fight | ||||||
| Intercept | −2.78 (.15) | −0.13 (.06) | – | −0.55 (.14) | 0.15 (.07) | – |
Note: See Table 1 for full descriptions of items.
a
Indicates that the value of the parameter was fixed (not estimated) to identify the model and set the scale of the latent variables.