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Table 2 Mean scores on YSR syndromes by sex

From: Gender differences in suicidal expressions and their determinants among young people in Cambodia, a post-conflict country*

 

BOYS

N = 157

GIRLS

N = 163

t-test

YSR Syndrome scales

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

t

P

Anxious/Depressed

8.45

3.59

10.11

4.14

3.184

0.000

Withdrawn/Depressed

4.16

2.49

5.06

2.69

3.133

0.002

Somatic Complaints

6.21

3.15

6.98

3.27

2.131

0.034

Social problems

6.29

3.34

7.26

2.90

2.769

0.006

Thought problems

5.86

3.44

5.35

3.53

1.293

0.197

Attention problems

7.71

3.05

8.33

2.66

1.196

0.056

Rule-breaking behavior

4.22

2.91

3.24

2.41

3.260

0.001

Aggressive behavior

8.24

3.76

9.08

4.29

1.875

0.062

Internalizing syndrome

18.82

7.41

22.14

8.50

3.726

0.000

Externalizing syndrome

12.45

5.93

12.32

5.93

0.195

0.845