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Published in final edited form as: Contemp Sch Psychol. 2018 Nov 3;23(3):270–289. doi: 10.1007/s40688-018-00215-y

Table 10.

Logistic Regression Results for Any Suspensions in 8^th, 9^th, and 10^th Grade predicted by the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) Derived Scales.

	Symptoms-based EFA
	8th		9th		10th
	b (S.E.)	OR	b (S.E.)	OR	b (S.E.)	OR
Suspension
8th			1.51 (0.39)^***	4.52	0.96 (0.46)^*	2.61
9th					1.25 (0.44)^**	3.49
Gender	0.88 (0.36) ^*	2.40	0.06 (0.33)	1.06	−0.21 (0.40)	0.81
Race	1.32 (0.36)^***	3.74	0.67 (0.36)	1.95	1.04 (0.45)^*	2.82
SDQ MB	.27 (0.07)^***	1.31	.15 (0.07)^*	1.16	.17 (0.08)^*	1.18
SDQ AG	.09 (0.07)	1.10	.11 (0.07)	1.11	.05 (0.11)	1.05
	Strengths-based EFA
	8th		9th		10th
	b (S.E.)	OR	b (S.E.)	OR	b (S.E.)	OR
Suspension
8th			1.44 (0.40)^***	4.21	0.90 (0.47)	2.47
9th					1.36 (0.43)^**	3.90
Gender	0.87 (0.36)^*	2.39	0.06 (0.34)	1.06	−0.21 (0.39)	0.81
Race	1.41(0.37)^***	4.09	0.65 (0.36)	1.92	0.98 (0.43)^*	2.65
SDQ EMC	−.10 (0.07)	0.91	−.13 (0.07)	0.88	−.05 (0.11)	0.95
SDQ MOC	−.23 (0.05)^***	0.80	−.09 (0.07)	0.91	−.10 (0.05)	0.91

Notes. Suspension = any suspensions by the end of the school year. Gender = girl (= 0) or boy (=1). Race = Non-African-American (= 0) of African-American (=1). MB = misbehavior scale. AG = agitation scale. EMC = emotional competence scale. MOC = moral competence scale.

p ≤ .05;

^**

p ≤ .01;

^***

p ≤ .001.