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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2017 Dec 2;59(6):676–683. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12852

Table 3.

Results of logistic regressions testing the independent associations of digit span scores and three dispositional dimensions measured in wave 1 with the binary outcomes of the diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder (adult criteria only) and lifetime history of police arrests, controlling for demographic covariates shown in Table S2 (N = 499).

Model 1: Not Controlling Wave 1 Conduct Disorder
CADS Informant in Wave 1
Model 2: Controlling Wave 1 Conduct Disorder
CADS Informant in Wave 1
Youth
OR (95% CI)
Parent
OR (95% CI)
Youth
OR (95% CI)
Parent
OR (95% CI)
Outcome: Diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder
Predictors
Negative emotionality 1.34 (0.50 – 3.56)* 3.30 (1.93 – 5.65)*** 1.23 (0.43 – 3.48) 3.26 (1.87 – 5.68)***
Prosociality 0.37 (0.16 – 0.83)* 0.50 (0.26 – 0.97)* 0.44 (0.18 – 1.08)* 0.52 (0.24 – 1.13)*
Daring 1.90 (0.95 – 3.78) 0.90 (0.48 – 1.68) 1.79 (0.91 – 3.53)* 0.89 (0.46 – 1.71)
Digit span 0.87 (0.71 – 1.06) 0.87 (0.71 – 1.06) 0.88(0.71 – 1.08) 0.87 (0.71 – 1.07)
Conduct disorder symptoms - - 1.08 (0.97 – 1.22) 1.02 (0.84 – 1.25)
Outcome: Lifetime history of arrest
Predictors
Negative emotionality 1.21 (0.65 – 2.25) 0.96 (0.47 – 1.94) 1.07 (0.56 – 2.04) 0.89 (0.43 – 1.86)
Prosociality 0.18 (0.08 – 0.40)*** 0.17 (0.09 – 0.33)*** 0.23 (0.10 – 0.50)*** 0.19 (0.10 – 0.37)***
Daring 2.09 (1.31 – 3.33)*** 2.65 (1.53 – 4.59)*** 1.94 (1.19 – 3.16)*** 2.60 (1.49 – 4.55)***
Digit span 1.04 (0.90 – 1.20) 1.04 (0.89 – 1.22) 1.05 (0.92 – 1.21) 1.05 (0.90 – 1.23)
Conduct disorder symptoms - - 1.11 (0.96 – 1.27) 1.11 (0.92 – 1.34)

CADS = Child and Adolescent Dispositions Scale.

*

p < .05;

**

p < .01;

***

p < .001

95% confidence intervals for odds ratios are based on two-tailed tests, whereas one-tailed p levels are presented for directional predictions.