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Table 3 Hierarchical regression analysis for aggression and attention bias

From: Attentional variability and avoidance of hostile stimuli decrease aggression in Chinese male juvenile delinquents

Independent variable AQCV AQCV-SA AQCV-A
B β t R2 B β t R2 B β t R2
Step 1     0.00     0.01     0.03
 Age 1.10 0.05 0.45   0.29 0.06 0.60   0.02 0.00 0.03  
 N-RT − 0.01 − 0.05 − 0.51   − 0.01 − 0.16 − 1.60   − 0.01 − 0.20 − 2.02  
Step 2     0.02     0.01     0.04*
 Group 5.15 0.15 1.46   0.29 0.04 0.40   1.72 0.20 2.04*  
 TLBS-V 0.13 0.20 1.22   0.05 0.35 2.10*   0.04 0.23 1.46  
Step 3     0.03*     0.03*     0.04*
 Group × TLBS-V − 0.26 0.12 − 2.10*   − 0.05 −  0.34 − 2.22*   − 0.07 − 0.37 − 2.52*  
  1. **p < 0 .01; *p < 0.05. Group were dummy encoded (controls = 0; juvenile delinquents = 1); AQCV Chinese version of Buss & Perry aggression questionnaire, AQCV-SA AQCV Self-directed Aggression, AQCV-A AQCV-Anger, N-RT the reaction time of neutral trial, TLBS-V the temporal variability of attention process, Group × TLBS-V the interaction of group and TLBS-Variability
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