Table 2.
Exposure to Violence | Aggression | Hypothesized Mediators | ||||||||
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Variable | EVw1 | EVw3 | AGw1 | AGw3 | AFw1 | AFw2 | NBw1 | NBw2 | EDw1 | EDw2 |
EVw1 | — | 64*** | .40*** | 44*** | 20*** | 16*** | 33*** | 38*** | 31*** | 30*** |
EVw3 | — | .33*** | .50*** | 14*** | 15*** | 34*** | 44*** | 30*** | 31*** | |
AGw1 | — | .50*** | 49*** | 28*** | 38*** | 30*** | 31*** | 25*** | ||
Agw3 | — | 21*** | 30*** | 28*** | 37*** | 30*** | . 36*** | |||
AFw1 | — | 31*** | 22*** | 16*** | 07** | . 09** | ||||
AFw2 | — | 12*** | 31*** | 02 ns | 10** | |||||
NBw1 | — | 46*** | 15*** | 10*** | ||||||
NBw2 | — | 16*** | 17*** | |||||||
EDw1 | — | 53*** | ||||||||
Edw2 | — |
Note: All scales were log transformed (excluding Exposure index). EVw1, Exposure to political conflict/violence Wave 1; EVw3, exposure to political conflict/violence Wave 3; AGw1, aggression Wave 1; AFw1, aggressive fantasy Wave 1; AFw2, aggressive fantasy Wave 2; NBw1, normative beliefs Wave 1; NBw2, normative beliefs Wave 2; EDw1, emotional distress Wave 1; EDw2, emotional distress Wave 2.
p < .01.
p < .001.