Table 2.
Teachers’ sample (N = 114): Comparison of the Québec and Flemish samples. Descriptive statistics and comparative tests.
| Complete sample | Québec sample | Flemish sample | Comparative test | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N valid | Mean (SD) | N (%) | N valid | Mean (SD) | N (%) | N valid | Mean (SD) | N (%) | FETI two tailed and T-test | |
| Women | 114 | - | 107 (93.9) | 53 | - | 48 (90.6) | 61 | - | 59 (96.7) | (p = 0.248) |
| Majority ethnic group | 114 | - | 111 (97.4) | 53 | - | 53 (100) | 61 | - | 58 (95.1) | (p = 0.247) |
| Teachers’ SES | 106 | 54.7 (22.7) | - | 53 | 48.5 (21.5) | - | 53 | 60.8 (22.4) | - | (t(104) = −2.90; p = 0.004) |
| Teachers’ age | 114 | 41.3 (11) | - | 53 | 45.1 (10.2) | - | 61 | 37.9 (10.7) | - | (t(112) = 3.66; p < 0.001) |
| N year of experience as teacher | 114 | 17.5 (10.8) | - | 53 | 20.6 (9.7) | - | 61 | 14.8 (11.1) | - | (t(112) = 2.94; p = 0.004) |
| N year of experience in school | 114 | 10.6 (9.8) | - | 53 | 9.8 (10.0) | - | 61 | 11.2 (9.6) | - | (t(112) = −0.74; p = 0.459) |
| Full time >90% hours | 114 | - | 103 (90.4) | 53 | - | 53 (100) | 61 | - | 50 (82.0) | (p = 0.001) |
| Personal efficacy scale— difficult behaviors management (ω = 0.87) | 112 | 4.82 (0.62) | - | 52 | 4.85 (0.60) | - | 60 | 4.79 (0.63) | - | (t(110) = 0.54; p = 0.591) |