Table 4.

Hierarchical regression analysis of violent behavior predicted by self and contextual variables.

Caption	Step 1 (β)		Step 2 (β)		Step 3 (β)
Predictors	Youth Offenders	School Students	Youth Offenders	School Students	Youth Offenders	School Students
Age	0.04	0.15 **	0.04	0.15 **	0.07	0.12 **
Gender	0.07	−0.16 **	0.07	−0.16 **	0.02	−0.09 **
Birthplace	0.06	−0.04	0.06	−0.03	0.02	−0.02
Religion	0.08	0.04	0.09	0.04	0.03	0.02
Self-esteem			−0.14	−0.20 **	−0.06	0.04
Self-efficacy			0.10	0.07 *	0.10	0.02
Peers					0.28 **	0.14 **
School					−0.10 *	−0.04 *
Triad					0.25 **	0.25 **
Family					0.54 **	0.62 **
R	0.12	0.23 **	0.15	0.29 **	0.87 **	0.80 **
R2 change	−	−	0.01	0.03 **	0.73 **	0.56 **

Note: Predicted Variable: Violence; Peers = Susceptibility to negative peer pressure; School = Attachment /commitment to school; Triad = Triad’s influence; Family = Family conflict; *p < 0.01, ** p < 0.001.