The interactive effects of Indigenous identity and lateral violence on youth adjustment in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

Figures & data

Table 1. Characteristics of study participants.

		n	%
Categorical Variables
Sex	male	180	50
	female	180	50
LORI	None	114	31.7
	Low	196	54.4
	Moderate	25	6.9
	High/Extreme	25	6.9
Identification of Aboriginality/	Aboriginal	314	87.2
Torres Strait Islander	Torres Strait Islander	24	6.7
	Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	22	6.1
Ethnic-Racial Identity Dichotomised Score	High ERI	173	48.1
	Low ERI	187	51.9
Continuous Variables
		mean	SD
Age at Wave 8 (months)		155.30	5.01
Exposure to lateral violence		5.25	1.57
Ethnic-Racial Identity
ERI feels good		1.35	0,86
ERI wants to share		2.62	1.71
ERI feels safe		1.50	1.02
ERI wants people to know		1.88	1.34
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
SDQ Emotion		7.56	3.15
SDQ Conduct		7.65	2.75
SDQ Hyperactivity		9.88	3.08
SDQ Peer Problems		9.29	2.81
SDQ Prosocial		11.97	3.31
SDQ Total Difficulties		34.39	10.73

Figure 1. Identification and management of missing data.

Figure 2. A conceptual model of moderation tested in hypothesis 2.

Table 2. Bivariate correlations between continuous variables.

	$\bar{\mathrm{x}}$	SD	Age	ELV	ERI 1	ERI 2	ERI3	ERI4	SDQ Emot	SDQ Cond	SDQ Hyper	SDQ Peer	SDQ Pro	SDQ TD
Age (Mths)	155.89	5.91
ELV	5.25	1.57	−.019
ERI-1	1.35	0.86	.063	−.002
ERI-2	2.62	1.71	−.040	.001	.256**
ERI-3	1.50	1.02	.074	.014	.498**	.244**
ERI-4	1.88	1.38	−.001	.035	.371**	.489**	.365**
SDQ-E	7.56	3.15	.047	−.123**	.022	−.029	−.032	.013
SDQ-C	7.65	2.58	.005	−.112*	.016	.038	.017	.032	.787**
SDQ-H	9.88	2.88	.024	−.087*	−.010	.045	.003	.032	.712**	.795**
SDQ-P	9.29	2.63	.064	−.097*	.034	.066	−.011	.055	.730**	.842**	.777**
SDQ-Pro	11.97	3.31	.003	−.019	−.014	.001	−.044	−.083	.514**	.646**	.718**	.760**
SDQ-TD	34.39	10.73	.039	−.115*	.017	.031	−.007	.036	.890**	.936**	.903**	.915**	.722**

ELV = Experienced Lateral Violence; ERI = Ethnic-racial identity; SDQ = Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire.

**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (1-tailed).

*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (1-tailed).

Figure 3. The moderating effect of ERI affirmation on the relationship between lateral violence and peer difficulties.

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study pertain to the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children and are available from Australian Government’s Department of Social Services (DSS). Restrictions apply to the availability of these data, which were used under licence for this study.