Effect of the Lights4Violence intervention on the sexism of adolescents in European countries

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Table 3 Linear regression for change in subscales

Variable (change in sexism values)	Benevolent sexism (BS)				Hostile sexism (HS)
	Girls		Boys		Girls		Boys
	β	p-value	β	p-value	β	p-value	β	p-value
Sexism (BS or HS) in baseline	−0.507	0.000	−0.491	0.000	−0.385	0.000	−0.561	0.000
Group (Ref: control)
Intervention	−0.101	0.006	− 0.029	0.537	0.039	0.319	0.032	0.472
Age	0.077	0.245	0.128	0.105	0.078	0.269	0.091	0.226
Mother’s education (Ref: Primary)
Secondary	−0.072	0.263	−0.080	0.263	−0.080	0.240	−0.021	0.759
University	−0.085	0.201	−0.127	0.098	−0.086	0.220	−0.099	0.168
Dating violence (I have never been in)
Yes	0.019	0.617	0.034	0.506	0.042	0.309	0.076	0.111
No	0.029	0.447	0.003	0.946	−0.032	0.433	−0.045	0.353
Student Social Support Scale (Ref: Low < 232)
Middle 232–276	0.050	0.223	0.008	0.892	0.048	0.272	−0.012	0.825
High > 276	0.074	0.117	0.077	0.213	0.054	0.280	−0.005	0.932
Assertiveness (Ref:Low < 82)
Middle 82–92	0.023	0.577	−0.030	0.582	−0.052	0.243	0.004	0.943
High > 92	−0.034	0.485	0.014	0.815	−0.006	0.905	0.035	0.522
SPSI-R (Ref: Low < 54)
Middle 54–64	−0.042	0.291	−0.106	0.047	0.023	0.586	−0.064	0.205
High > 64	−0.076	0.088	−0.055	0.351	0.010	0.828	−0.001	0.982
AQR-12 (Ref: Low < 23)
Middle 23–31	0.052	0.198	0.104	0.058	0.021	0.630	0.055	0.292
High > 31	0.027	0.545	0.098	0.110	0.032	0.497	0.124	0.034

β Standardized beta coefficient; models adjusted by country, SPSI-R Social Problem-Solving Inventory Revised, AQR-12 Aggression Questionnaire Refined, Ref Reference

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