Table 2. MacCAT-CR Scores and Score Differences by Age Group.
Score difference is calculated as (Parent Score) – (Adolescent Score). A positive score indicates that the parent scored higher than the adolescent. A negative score indicates that the adolescent scored higher than the parent.
| Mean Score (95% CI) | Mean Score Difference (95% CI) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scale | Young Adolescents | Middle/Late Adolescents | Parents/Guardians | P-value, Young vs Middle/Late Adolescents | Parents/Guardians vs Young Adolescents | Parents/Guardians vs Middle/Late Adolescents |
| Total (Range 0–36) | 28.8 (27.1, 30.5) | 32.4 (31.6, 33.1) | 32.0 (31.3, 32.6) | <0.01 1 | 3.0 (1.2, 4.8) 2 | −0.2 (−1.0, 0.6)2 |
| Understanding (Range 0–20) | 16.6 (15.8, 17.4) | 18.7 (18.3, 19.0) | 18.2 (17.8, 18.6) | <0.01 3 | 1.0 (0.0, 2.0) 4 | 0.1 (−0.4, 0.6)4 |
| Appreciation (Range 0–6) | 4.4 (3.9, 4.8) | 4.6 (4.3, 4.9) | 4.6 (4.3, 4.8) | 0.343 | 0.6 (0.1, 1.0) 4 | −0.4 (−0.8, 0.0)4 |
| Reasoning (Range 0–8) | 5.9 (5.3, 6.6) | 7.0 (6.6, 7.3) | 7.2 (6.9, 7.5) | <0.01 3 | 1.3 (0.6, 2.0) 4 | 0.2 (−0.2, 0.6)4 |
| Choice (Range 0–2) | 1.9 (1.8, 2.0) | 2.0 (2.0, 2.0) | 2.0 (2.0, 2.0) | <0.01 3 | 0.1 (0.0, 0.2) 4 | 0.0 (−0.1, 0.0)4 |
Bold font indicates statistical significance at the 0.05 level
1
Two-sample t-test
2
Paired t-test
3
Mann-Whitney test
4
Wilcoxon signed rank test