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Table 1 Means and standard deviations (SD) of scores on aggression measures for total sample and by socio-demographic characteristics

From: Aggression in children with behavioural/emotional difficulties: seeing aggression on television and video games

 

MAVRIC-C

MAVRIC-P

CAS-P verbal

CAS-P objects & animals

CAS-P provoked physical

CAS-P initiated physical

CAS-P weapons

CAS-P total score

Total

14.59

14.65

8.83

2.36

2.99

2.32

0.43

17.06

(5.34)

(5.53)

(5.33)

(1.8)

(2.49)

(2.23)

(1.29)

(11.16)

Age group

13.63

15.79

9.29

2.72*

3.12

2.68**

0.62

18.7

7-9 years

(5.76)

(5.2)

(4.96)

(1.69)

(2.38)

(2.16)

(1.63)

(10.31)

Age group

16.13

12.89

8.13

1.79*

2.78

1.76**

0.14

14.6

10-11 years

(4.32)

(5.72)

(5.95)

(1.87)

(2.71)

(2.28)

(0.33)

(12.22)

Below NAI

14.88

16*

10.13*

2.84*

3.61*

2.55

0.64*

19.79*

(5.8)

(5.23)

(5.83)

(1.99)

(2.67)

(2.45)

(1.54)

(12.11)

Above NAI

14.9

11.93*

6.28*

1.48*

1.83*

2

0*

11.6*

(3.9)

(5.66)

(3.38)

(0.93)

(1.72)

(1.82)

(0)

(6.6)

  1. MAVRIC = Measure of Aggression, Violence and Rage in Children (C = child version; P = parent version); CAS-P = Children’s Aggression Scale, parent version; NAI = national average income.
  2. *p < .05 **p < .10.